SB 196 would add uterine fibroids to the Department of Health disease reporting framework and create a research database; an amendment was adopted to prohibit personal identifying information and to tie the effective date to related legislation.

LB 12‑35 would create a cash fund, authorize fees and fines, establish patient and practitioner registries and require tracking for Nebraska’s medical cannabis program. Proponents and industry urged the infrastructure; patients and advocacy groups testified that the bill would expand commission authority, risk patient privacy and codify restrictive rules that limit forms, THC limits and out‑of‑state practitioner reciprocity.

SB 10-51, which would require hospitals to collect patients’ citizenship status on registration forms and report aggregated counts, received a due-pass recommendation after doctors and nurses warned it would erode trust and deter care while supporters framed it as transparency and accounting.

Municipal lobbyist Wendy Chamberlain said integrating behavioral-health records into the state's Healthy Connect Health Information Exchange is a municipal priority; Alaska received an above-average first-year award from the federal Health Transformation Fund to support interoperability.

The committee approved a PCS for HB 1443 to create a statewide Parkinson’s disease registry at the USF Parkinson’s Disease Research Institute and advanced HB 1445 to exempt registry patient records from public disclosure (the exemption amendment includes a sunset of 10/02/2031).

The Senate approved a public-health measure allowing patients to opt in or opt out of including certain items in electronic medical records; supporters said it protects patient dignity and safety, while opponents warned it could impede clinicians and risk harm. The bill passed on a recorded vote.

HIPAA-covered entity, University of Hawaii Cancer Center announced a ransomware attack that happened in August 2025 resulting in the theft of the sensitive information of ... Read more

The NHS is a public service, not a surveillance industry showroom.

H.84, which would permit telehealth appointments to be recorded when both patient and provider consent, was presented and ordered to third reading after committee testimony and floor discussion emphasizing privacy safeguards and voluntary consent.

A legislative committee voted 10–0 (1 absent) to report H.84 out of committee; the bill would amend the telehealth recording prohibition to allow recordings when both patient and provider consent, while retaining HIPAA and informed‑consent guardrails.

Witnesses from designated mental-health agencies told the House Health Care Committee that allowing audio and video recording of telehealth therapy sessions would aid clinician training, fidelity to evidence-based models and workforce development; legislators and the health care advocate raised data-use, AI and utilization concerns and asked for statutory and oversight clarifications.

A ransomware attack on the University of Hawaii Cancer Center exposed patient data, including Social Security numbers, with a four-month delay in notification.

MIT Jameel Clinic scientists have designed a series of tests to ensure that foundation models trained on electronic health records don't leak sensitive patient information when prompted by a bad ...

HIPAA-covered healthcare entity, NS Support LLC, based in Boise, Idaho specializes in neurosurgical procedures for issues like brain tumors. On November 21, 2025, it announced ... Read more

Virtual NP Medicine pitched a telemedicine clinic offering acute/chronic care and compounding weight‑loss injectables (GLP class); judges raised questions about FDA/approval status, pricing, scale and cybersecurity safeguards.

Board members debated informed-consent practices after an anecdote at an FSBPT meeting about a patient who discovered long-retained recordings used to generate clinical notes. Members recommended informing patients and limiting background recording retention; no formal policy change was adopted.

On the board’s consent docket the Department of Public Health presented allegations of infection‑control and patient‑privacy violations against Dr. Paul Czarski; the board approved a consent order imposing a reprimand, a $10,000 civil penalty (received), suspension until remedial training is complete, and a permanent restriction against solo practice.

The Medical Services Board approved emergency rules implementing Amendment 79 and SB 25-183 to allow state-funded abortion coverage in Health First Colorado and the Children's Health Plan, effective 01/01/2026; the two emergency adoptions passed with recorded votes.