Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 16
Author
The Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA) prohibits a provider of health care, a health care service plan, a contractor, or a corporation and its subsidiaries and affiliates from intentionally sharing, selling, using for marketing, or otherwise using any medical information, as defined, for any purpose not necessary to provide health care services to a patient, except as provided. The CMIA makes a business that offers software or hardware to consumers, including a mobile application or other related device that is designed to maintain medical information in order to make the information available to an individual or a provider of health care at the request of the individual or a provider of health care, for purposes of allowing the individual to manage the individual's information or for the diagnosis, treatment, or management of a medical condition of the individual, a provider of health care subject to the requirements of the CMIA. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions that results in economic loss or personal injury to a patient punishable as a misdemeanor. This bill would revise the definition of "medical information" to include reproductive or sexual health application information, which the bill would define to mean information about a consumer's reproductive or sexual health collected by a reproductive or sexual health digital service, as specified. The bill would make a business that offers a reproductive or sexual health digital service to a consumer for the purpose of allowing the individual to manage the individual's information, or for the diagnosis, treatment, or management of a medical condition of the individual, a provider of health care subject to the requirements of the CMIA. Because the bill would expand the scope of a crime, it would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 56.05 of the Civil Code proposed by AB 1697 to be operative only if this bill and AB 1697 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 254, Statutes of 2023.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3011.)
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3037.).
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2416.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1691.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 10).
Coauthors revised.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended.
Coauthors revised.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (March 14). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
From printer. May be heard in committee February 19.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB254 | HTML |
| 01/19/23 - Introduced | |
| 04/17/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/17/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/01/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/11/23 - Enrolled | |
| 09/27/23 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/10/23- Assembly Health | |
| 04/21/23- Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection | |
| 05/08/23- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 05/12/23- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 06/09/23- Senate Judiciary | |
| 07/03/23- Senate Health | |
| 08/23/23- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 09/04/23- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 09/06/23- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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