Michigan law makers rush to secure health app data before power shift
Michigan democrats work on new health-data protection laws before house control changes next year. The bill focuses on safeguarding personal info from period-tracking apps and other health tools
In michigan state capitol‚ democrats are moving fast to get new health-data rules done before years end (a time when they still control both chambers)
The new law-package backed by Gov Gretchen Whitmer aims to make health apps safer — especially ones that track womens cycles and other private medical info. Its main goal: stop companies from sharing or selling sensitive data that could be used against people seeking medical care
The push comes as part of a bigger state-wide effort to protect health privacy in the digital age; several other states already passed similar rules. The timing isnt random: dems want these protections in place before the house switches hands in early-2025
With mobile-apps collecting more personal health details than ever‚ lawmakers see this as a must-do task — protecting everything from period calendars to medicine schedules: the kind of info that shouldnt end up in wrong hands
