2025 State Privacy Changes: What Healthcare Leaders Need to Know

In 2025, eight new U.S. state privacy laws took effect and several states tightened existing regulations, significantly impacting healthcare organizations. Major changes include strengthened opt-out rights, new protections for minors, expanded coverage to smaller entities, compliance incentives such as Tennessee’s NIST-based safe harbor, and increased enforcement—particularly around consumer-facing technologies and data disclosures….
By: Husch Blackwell LLP