Christopher Cabaldon
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 3
Author
Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Existing law generally imposes penalties on a person who negligently, willfully, or maliciously discloses the results of a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) test to a third party in a manner that identifies or provides identifying characteristics of the person to whom the test results apply, as specified. Existing law, notwithstanding the above-described restrictions, authorizes the recording of the HIV test results by the physician who ordered the test in the test subject's medical record and authorizes other disclosure of the results without written authorization of the test subject, or the subject's representative, to the test subject's providers of health care, excluding a regulated health care service plan, for purposes of diagnosis, care, or treatment of the patient. This bill would authorize a provider of health care to disclose the results of an HIV test that identifies or provides identifying characteristics of a Medi-Cal beneficiary without written authorization of the test subject, or the subject's representative, to the Medi-Cal managed care plan to which the beneficiary is assigned, if applicable, and to external quality review organizations conducting external quality reviews of Medi-Cal managed care plans, for the purpose of administering quality improvement programs, including, but not limited to, value-based payment programs and healthy behavior incentive programs, designed to improve HIV care for Medi-Cal beneficiaries. Under the bill, HIV test results that do not identify or provide identifying characteristics of the test subjects would be authorized for disclosure without written authorization by the Medi-Cal managed care plan to departmental staff for the above-described purpose. The bill would make certain clarifying or declaratory statements with regard to related provisions.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 748, Statutes of 2025.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2711.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2999.) Ordered to the Senate.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 29).
August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 16).
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 49. Noes 15. Page 2578.)
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1324.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Ordered to special consent calendar.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1194.) (May 23).
Set for hearing May 23.
April 21 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
Set for hearing April 21.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 706.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing April 8.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 566.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Set for hearing March 26.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 7.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB278 | HTML |
| 02/04/25 - Introduced | |
| 03/17/25 - Amended Senate | |
| 03/28/25 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/19/25 - Amended Assembly | |
| 07/17/25 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/02/25 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/12/25 - Enrolled | |
| 10/13/25 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/24/25- Senate Health | |
| 04/04/25- Senate Judiciary | |
| 04/18/25- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/26/25- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/13/25- Assembly Health | |
| 07/14/25- Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection | |
| 08/18/25- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 09/03/25- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 09/08/25- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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