Medicaid Data

On July 1, 2025, a coalition of 19 attorneys general filed a lawsuit in California challenging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) decision to provide unfettered access of individual personal health data to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which houses Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). We argue that the Trump Administration’s actions arbitrary and capricious and rulemaking without proper procedure in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act, contrary to the Social Security Act, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Federal Information Security Modernization Act, and Privacy Act, and in violation of the Spending Clause.

California, et al v. Department of Health and Human Services