My Health My Data Act
Enacted in force
Fields requiring verification
- legal effective date: Unverified — No distinct legal-effective date was established; do not substitute the operative/compliance date. Primary source
- enforcement date: Unverified — No distinct enforcement-start date was established. Primary source
In plain English
- Regulated entities doing business in Washington or targeting Washington consumers and determining consumer-health-data processing; includes small businesses on their later date. Primary source
- Consumers include Washington residents and people whose health data is collected in Washington; employment context is excluded. Primary source
- Publish a consumer health data privacy policy with the required categories, purposes and sharing disclosures. Primary source
- Obtain collection/sharing consent unless the processing is necessary to provide a consumer-requested product or service. Primary source
- Obtain separate valid authorization before a health-data sale and honor the chapter’s access/deletion rights. Primary source
Dates and phased obligations
Principal §§.020–.070 duties: 2024-03-31; small businesses: 2024-06-30 Primary source
The principal privacy duties in §§.020–.070 apply 2024-03-31 generally and 2024-06-30 to small businesses. The geofence provision has a different earlier commencement; this row does not label the entire act as first effective in March 2024. Source and qualifications
Questions from this record
Who does RCW 19.373; HB 1155 (2023) cover?
Regulated entities doing business in Washington or targeting Washington consumers and determining consumer-health-data processing; includes small businesses on their later date. Consumers include Washington residents and people whose health data is collected in Washington; employment context is excluded. Primary source
What is the law’s status?
Enacted / in force Primary source
What date does this record track?
Principal §§.020–.070 duties: 2024-03-31; small businesses: 2024-06-30 Primary source
Has this record been verified?
This record’s accepted facts were last reviewed on 2026-11-13; unsupported comparison fields remain Unverified. Primary source
- Washington Legislature, RCW19.373§§.010–.070,.090 and effective-date notes
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