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Health care services: artificial intelligence.

It became law on Sep 30.

CA AB 1979 · Assembly Bill · 2025–2026

Stage
Became law
Started in
Assembly
Sponsor
Mia Bonta
Latest action
Sep 30

Where it stands

  1. Introduced (Done)

  2. Committee (Done)

  3. Floor (Done)

  4. Law (Done)

    Sep 30

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. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions that results in economic loss or personal injury punishable as a misdemeanor. Existing law deems a business that offers a mental health digital service or reproductive or sexual health digital service to a consumer for the purpose of allowing the…

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

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