Connecticut Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general and Pennsylvania’s governor in a letter urging HHS to keep federal vaccine recommendations grounded in scientific and medical evidence. The letter asks HHS to preserve the ACIP’s role and current vaccine recommendation categories; it is a policy advocacy action, not a privacy enforcement action.
This release does not describe a privacy enforcement action or impose contract-related remedies. Healthcare organizations may nevertheless want to review provider, customer, and vendor agreements for clauses governing vaccine recommendation standards, clinical decision-making responsibilities, representations about medical evidence, and duties to update services when public health guidance changes. Review change-in-law and regulatory-update provisions to clarify how the parties will address changes to federal recommendations; no privacy-specific contract amendment is indicated by this release.
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"U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr."
"Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general and the Governor of Pennsylvania in a letter"
"urging U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to keep federal vaccine recommendations grounded in science and medical evidence."
"The coalition warns that HHS’s actions— including efforts to weaken the childhood vaccine schedule and sideline the experts responsible for developing federal vaccine recommendations — have created confusion and made it harder for states to rely on federal public health guidance."
New York Attorney General Letitia James joined a 15-state coalition in suing HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., challenging changes that removed seven vaccines from the CDC’s list of vaccinations recommended for every child. The states allege the changes and ACIP appointments violated the Administrative Procedure Act and ask the court to invalidate them; the release reports no penalty or court-ordered remedy.
Health and civil rights enforcement action. Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield led a coalition of 19 states and the District of Columbia in filing a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The suit challenges a December 18, 2025 HHS 'declaration' that claims certain gender-affirming care is 'unsafe and ineffective' and threatens to exclude providers from Medicare/Medicaid for offering such care. The attorneys general argue HHS violated federal administrative law by implementing a major policy change without required notice-and-comment rulemaking, creating fear for patients and providers and threatening state Medicaid programs.
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A March 2023 breach exposed personal and protected health information belonging to more than 13.3 million people after hackers accessed the companies’ systems, including unencrypted files, and security alerts were not properly configured. The companies agreed to pay at least $300,000 in penalties, with up to $9.7 million more due if they fail to comply, and to implement extensive security, incident-response, and data-handling reforms.
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong and a 23-state coalition obtained a court ruling declaring unlawful federal immigration-enforcement conditions placed on Congressionally authorized public safety grants. The court permanently enjoined the federal government from implementing or enforcing those conditions; the release does not describe a privacy violation or monetary penalty.
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong co-led a bipartisan coalition of 45 attorneys general urging Congress to pass the Kids Online Safety Act. This was a legislative advocacy effort, not a new enforcement action; the release discusses prior investigations into platforms’ effects on children and a separate Meta settlement.
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general and two governors in opposing proposed changes to the 2030 Census. The coalition argued the proposal would exclude people from the count, remove demographic questions, and replace the usual-residence standard; this was a comment-letter action, not a penalty or enforcement order.