Health DATA Act of 2026

Current understanding

The Health DATA Act of 2026 (HR9486) was introduced in the 119th Congress and referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce, whose jurisdiction over ERISA-governed employer health plans suggests the bill targets health data access or transparency in that context. Specific individual data-access rights and compliance obligations for plan sponsors, insurers, or third-party administrators have not yet been characterized. Status: introduced/referred; no committee action reported.

Evidence log

• 2026-08-04 — Health Information Privacy Reform Act: cross-connection with health-information-privacy-reform-act: Parallel Senate-track proposals altering how health information is governed at the federal level. (novelty: 2)
• 2025-11-18 — Patient Device Data Access Act of 2025: Cross-connection with patient-device-data-access-act-2025: both are House bills expanding patient/individual access to health-related data, but the Patient Device Data Access Act focuses narrowly on medical device-generated data and sits with Energy and Commerce rather than Education and Workforce. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-03-23 — Health Care Cybersecurity and Resiliency Act of 2026: cross-connection with health-care-cybersecurity-resiliency-act-2026: Parallel 2026 health-data bills — one focused on cybersecurity/breach response, the other on data access/transparency. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-06-25 — Health DATA Act of 2026: cross-connection with health-data-access-transparency-affordability: Both are 2026 House bills proposing health data access/transparency measures but proceeding through different committees (Education and Workforce vs. the Energy and Commerce/Ways and Means track), suggesting parallel or overlapping approaches. (novelty: 2)

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