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Louisiana
Louisiana Human Genomic Security Act of 2025: storage of human genetic sequencing data
In force.
A cross border transfer rule binding public and private bodies.
- Enforcement body
- Louisiana Attorney General
- Obligation class
- Transfer, Security
- Audit expectation
- none
As of .
What it requires
- If you are a medical facility, human genomic research facility or company, store human genetic sequencing data only at geographic locations outside any foreign adversary country (the People's Republic of China including Hong Kong, Cuba, Iran, North Korea or Russia), and do not allow remote access to that storage, other than open data, from a foreign adversary country.
- If you store human genetic sequencing data, including through contracts with third-party data storage companies, secure it with reasonable encryption methods, restrictions on access and other cybersecurity best practices.
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text, as of .
If you get it wrong
Private right of actionNo
Penalty structure
The fine of $10,000 per violation for knowingly storing human genetic sequencing data in a foreign adversary country applies to a medical facility, a human genomic research facility or a company, and the attorney general has the sole authority to enforce section 51:3184.
- Rule
- Per violation only
- As of
- Currency
- USD
- Per violation unit
- Violation
- Per violation amount
- 10,000
What this law does
Under Revised Statutes 51:3184, a medical facility, human genomic research facility or company must restrict the storage of human genetic sequencing data to geographic locations outside of a foreign adversary country, and remote access to data storage, other than open data, from a foreign adversary country is prohibited.
Under Revised Statutes 51:3184, a medical facility, human genomic research facility or company storing human genetic sequencing data, including through contracts with third-party data storage companies, must ensure its security by using reasonable encryption methods, restrictions on access and other cybersecurity best practices.
Under Revised Statutes 51:3185, a medical facility, human genomic research facility or company that knowingly violates the chapter by storing human genetic sequencing data in a foreign adversary country is fined $10,000 per violation. Under Revised Statutes 51:3185, the attorney general has the sole authority to investigate allegations of violations of the Louisiana Human Genomic Security Act and to enforce Revised Statutes 51:3183 and 3184.
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