Mississippi House Bill 1268

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 5 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Be Known As The "mississippi Protect Health Data Privacy Act"; To Define Certain Terms; To Require Regulated Entities To Disclose And Maintain A Health Data Privacy Policy That Discloses Specified Information; To Prescribe Requirements For Health Data Privacy Policies; To Prohibit Regulated Entities From Collecting, Sharing And Storing Health Data Except In Specified Circumstances; To Prohibit Persons From Selling Health Data Concerning A Consumer Without First Obtaining Authorization From The Consumer; To Specify Certain Information That Must Be Contained In A Valid Authorization To Sell Consumer Health Data; To Require A Copy Of The Authorization To Be Provided To The Consumer; To Require Sellers And Purchasers Of Health Data To Retain Copies Of All Such Authorizations For A Specified Time; To Prescribe Requirements For Collecting, Sharing And Storing Health Data; To Authorize Consumers To Withdraw Consent From The Collection, Sharing, Sale Or Storage Of The Consumer's Health Data; To Prohibit Regulated Entities From Engaging In Discriminatory Practices Against Consumers Solely Because They Have Not Consented To The Collection, Sharing, Sale Or Storage Of Their Health Data; To Authorize Consumers To Confirm Whether A Regulated Entity Is Collecting, Selling, Sharing Or Storing Any Of The Consumer's Health Data; To Authorize Consumers To Have The Their Health Data That Is Collected By A Regulated Entity Deleted; To Prohibit The Use Of Geofencing Regarding Consumer Health Data; To Authorize Persons Aggrieved By A Violation Of This Act To File An Action Against An Offending Party In Circuit Court; To Authorize The Attorney General To Enforce Violations Of The Act; And For Related Purposes.

MS Project Health Data Privacy Act; create to prohibit unauthorized disclosure of consumers' health information.

Rep. Daryl Porter [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-05	House	Died In Committee
2024-02-15	House	Referred To Judiciary A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/history/HB/HB1268.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1268IN.htm