Calif. Assembly Privacy Chair Seeks Update That Tightens Medical Confidentiality Law
California Assembly Privacy Committee Chair Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D) wants a state confidentiality law updated that would reduce other states’ power to demand disclosure of medical information. The lawmaker introduced AB-302 on Thursday.
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The California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act requires that health care providers “disclose medical information when specifically required by law or if the disclosure is compelled by, among other things, a court order or a search warrant lawfully issued to a governmental law enforcement agency,” a bill summary said.
Bauer-Kahan’s legislation would instead require disclosure “when specifically required by California law,” or “if compelled by a California state court … or a court order from another state based on another state’s law so long as that law does not interfere with California law.”