NJ Senate Unanimously Clears New Exemptions to Comprehensive Privacy Law
A bill that would add carveouts to New Jersey’s comprehensive privacy law is nearing the finish line. The Senate voted 38-0 on Thursday to pass A-5017, which would exempt insurance-support organizations and national securities associations from certain disclosure requirements in the New Jersey Data Protection Act, which already exempted insurance institutions.
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The Senate Commerce Committee cleared the measure with amendments last month (see 2511170030). As amended, the bill additionally exempts some data from disclosure requirements, including “information treated like protected health information collected, used, or disclosed by a covered entity or business associate under” HIPAA, according to a Nov. 17 statement on the amendments. It would also exempt human-subjects research.
In addition, the amended bill would expand “the definition of de-identified data under current law to include data de-identified in accordance with the requirements in HIPAA, where any recipients of that data are contractually prohibited from attempting to reidentify the data,” the statement said.
The Assembly must still concur with the changes made in the Senate before A-5017 can go to Gov. Phil Murphy (D).