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CaliforniaSB 497Enacted law

Legally protected health care activity.

This bill would additionally prohibit a provider of health care, a health care service plan, or a contractor from releasing medical information related to a person seeking or obtaining gender-affirming health care or gender-affirming mental health care in response to a criminal or civil action, including a foreign subpoena, based on another state's law…

Latest recorded action: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 764, Statutes of 2025.

Last action · Oct 13, 2025View record & sources ↗
ColoradoHB 1414Enacted law

Medical Record Requests

The act caps at $400 the amount that a health-care entity or health-care provider may charge for a record request made by a patient's attorney or the attorney of the patient's personal representative pursuant to an authorization in compliance with the federal 'Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996', a valid subpoena, or a valid court…

Latest recorded action: Governor Signed

Last action · Jun 4, 2026View record & sources ↗
CaliforniaAB 225Committee hearing

Health care: facility fees.

This bill would, beginning on January 1, 2028, prohibit a health care provider, hospital, or health system from charging, billing, or collecting a facility fee for any outpatient services in specified circumstances, including for specified preventative health care services and health care services furnished via telehealth.

Latest recorded action: In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

Last action · Jun 30, 2026View record & sources ↗
VirginiaSB 410Introduced

Pharmacy benefits managers; various requirements, report.

The bill requires a pharmacy benefits manager to calculate a covered individual's out-of-pocket cost for a covered prescription drug based on the net price of the prescription drug after taking into account all retained rebates associated with the prescription drug.

Latest recorded action: Incorporated by Commerce and Labor (SB669-Rouse) (15-Y 0-N)

Last action · Jan 26, 2026View record & sources ↗