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Health and Location Data Protection

Current understanding

The Health and Location Data Protection Act of 2026 (HR9482) proposes federal privacy protections covering two sensitive data categories — health data and precise location data — in a single statute. As introduced, the bill has been referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and has not advanced further. Specific individual data rights (e.g., access, deletion, opt-out) and company obligations (e.g., collection limits, sale restrictions, enforcement mechanisms) will need to be characterized once bill text is analyzed.

Evidence log

2026-08-04 — Health Information Privacy Reform Act: cross-connection with health-information-privacy-reform-act: Both address federal statutory protections for health-related personal data beyond the existing HIPAA framework. (novelty: 2)
2026-07-13 — Health and Location Data Protection Act of 2026: 2026 — Senate companion S4946 (Health and Location Data Protection Act of 2026) introduced and referred to the Senate Commerce Committee, mirroring HR9482’s federal safeguards for health and precise location data and indicating bicameral interest in the sub-topic. (novelty: 3)
2026-03-23 — Health Care Cybersecurity and Resiliency Act of 2026: Health Care Cybersecurity and Resiliency Act of 2026 would impose minimum cybersecurity practices on private health care entities and expand breach notification (including counts of affected individuals) — a security/breach-response overlay on the same health data category HR9482 addresses through collection/use restrictions. (novelty: 3)
2026-06-29 — Chatrie v. United States: Chatrie v. United States: U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Fourth Amendment constitutionality of geofence warrants compelling Google to produce device location data within a defined area — a constitutional overlay on the same category of precise location data HR9482 would regulate by statute. (novelty: 4)
2026-06-25 — Health and Location Data Protection Act of 2026: cross-connection with health-data-access-transparency-affordability: Both are 2026 House bills touching health data but from opposite angles: HR9482 focuses on restricting collection/use of sensitive health and location data, while HR9228 focuses on expanding patient access to and transparency of health data. (novelty: 3)