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Health and care facilities: information sharing.

It became law on Sep 20, 2025.

CA SB 81 · Senate Bill · 2025–2026

Stage
Became law
Started in
Senate
Sponsors
+13
Latest action
Sep 20, 2025

Where it stands

  1. Introduced (Done)

  2. Committee (Done)

  3. Floor (Done)

  4. Law (Done)

    Sep 20, 2025

What it does

(1) 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 prohibits a provider of health care, health care service plan, or contractor from disclosing medical information regarding a patient of the provider of health care or an enrollee or subscriber of a health care service plan without first obtaining authorization from the patient, except if…

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Where it goes next

Law in California. Agencies now write the rules that carry it out, and courts can stay or strike it.

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