District Court Addresses HIPAA Privacy Implications of Kentucky Abortion Law | Practical Law
In post-Dobbs litigation, a district court has addressed the interaction of the Privacy Rule under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and a recently enacted Kentucky law banning abortion after 15 weeks (HB 3). Under the court's interpretation of HB 3, it was not necessary to find that the law was HIPAA-preempted.