Bill Text: CA AB174 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Office of Systems Integration: California Health and

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-09-30 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 815, Statutes of 2012. [AB174 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB174-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 174	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Monning

                        JANUARY 24, 2011

   An act to amend Section 130275 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to health information.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 174, as introduced, Monning. Health information exchange.
   Existing law establishes the Office of Health Information
Integrity within the California Health and Human Services Agency to
ensure the enforcement of state law mandating confidentiality of
medical information and to impose administrative fines for the
unauthorized use of medical information. Existing law authorizes the
office to establish and administer demonstration projects to evaluate
potential solutions to facilitate health information exchange that
promote quality of care, respect the privacy and security of personal
health information, and enhance the trust of the stakeholders.
Existing law provides that it is the intent of the Legislature that
these demonstration projects identify barriers to implementing health
information exchanges, test potential security and privacy polices
for the safe and secure exchange of health information, and identify
and address differences between state and federal laws regarding
privacy of health information.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 130275 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   130275.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
   (a) There is a need to enhance California's ability to obtain and
use federal funding, as awarded in the State Cooperative Grant
Agreement for health information exchange, for the establishment of
statewide health information exchange infrastructure in California.
The California Health and Human Services Agency is authorized by the
Legislature,  under   pursuant to  Section
130255, to use those federal funds to achieve that purpose.
   (b) Health information exchange has the potential to significantly
improve the quality of treatment and care, reduce unnecessary health
care costs, and increase administrative efficiencies within the
health care system. The application of health information exchange
technology to manage health information will also have a significant
impact on consumers, health care facilities, and licensed health care
providers.
   (c) Current laws may not adequately protect privacy, or may impose
obstacles to the exchange of vital health information, as required
by the State Cooperative Grant Agreement for health information
exchange and other federal health information funding programs.
   (d) It is the intent of the Legislature to authorize the Office of
Health Information Integrity within the California Health and Human
Services Agency to establish and administer demonstration projects
funded by federal grants and other sources. It is the intent of the
Legislature that the demonstration projects do all of the following:
   (1) Identify barriers to implementing health information
exchanges.
   (2) Test potential security and privacy policies for the safe and
secure exchange of health information, including, but not limited to,
issues related to access to, and storage of, individual health
information.
   (3) Identify and address differences between state and federal
laws regarding privacy of health information.