CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2167Introduced by Assembly Member ChauFebruary 12, 2018 An act relating to privacy. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2167, as introduced, Chau. Medical privacy: digital pills.The Confidentiality of Medical Information Act, among other things, prohibits a business that offers software or hardware to consumers, including a mobile application or other related device that is designed to maintain medical information for the purposes of allowing the individual to manage his or her information, or for the diagnosis, treatment, or management of a medical condition of the individual, from disclosing medical information regarding a patient, except as specified. A violation of the act that results in economic loss or personal injury to a patient is a crime, and a patient whose medical information was used or disclosed, and who has sustained economic loss or personal injury, may recover damages, as specified.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to the use of technology that provides an electronic alert when a patient has ingested a prescription pill, also known as a digital pill, to ensure that medical privacy protections are safeguarded.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to the use of technology that provides an electronic alert when a patient has ingested a prescription pill, also known as a digital pill, to ensure that medical privacy protections are safeguarded, including, but not limited to, legislation that adequately protects the privacy of a patients medical and personal information and maintains the standards for a patient to provide informed consent for the use of medication and the collection and dissemination of the patients medical information.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2167Introduced by Assembly Member ChauFebruary 12, 2018 An act relating to privacy. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2167, as introduced, Chau. Medical privacy: digital pills.The Confidentiality of Medical Information Act, among other things, prohibits a business that offers software or hardware to consumers, including a mobile application or other related device that is designed to maintain medical information for the purposes of allowing the individual to manage his or her information, or for the diagnosis, treatment, or management of a medical condition of the individual, from disclosing medical information regarding a patient, except as specified. A violation of the act that results in economic loss or personal injury to a patient is a crime, and a patient whose medical information was used or disclosed, and who has sustained economic loss or personal injury, may recover damages, as specified.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to the use of technology that provides an electronic alert when a patient has ingested a prescription pill, also known as a digital pill, to ensure that medical privacy protections are safeguarded.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 2167
Introduced by Assembly Member ChauFebruary 12, 2018
Introduced by Assembly Member Chau
February 12, 2018
An act relating to privacy.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2167, as introduced, Chau. Medical privacy: digital pills.
The Confidentiality of Medical Information Act, among other things, prohibits a business that offers software or hardware to consumers, including a mobile application or other related device that is designed to maintain medical information for the purposes of allowing the individual to manage his or her information, or for the diagnosis, treatment, or management of a medical condition of the individual, from disclosing medical information regarding a patient, except as specified. A violation of the act that results in economic loss or personal injury to a patient is a crime, and a patient whose medical information was used or disclosed, and who has sustained economic loss or personal injury, may recover damages, as specified.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to the use of technology that provides an electronic alert when a patient has ingested a prescription pill, also known as a digital pill, to ensure that medical privacy protections are safeguarded.
The Confidentiality of Medical Information Act, among other things, prohibits a business that offers software or hardware to consumers, including a mobile application or other related device that is designed to maintain medical information for the purposes of allowing the individual to manage his or her information, or for the diagnosis, treatment, or management of a medical condition of the individual, from disclosing medical information regarding a patient, except as specified. A violation of the act that results in economic loss or personal injury to a patient is a crime, and a patient whose medical information was used or disclosed, and who has sustained economic loss or personal injury, may recover damages, as specified.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to the use of technology that provides an electronic alert when a patient has ingested a prescription pill, also known as a digital pill, to ensure that medical privacy protections are safeguarded.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to the use of technology that provides an electronic alert when a patient has ingested a prescription pill, also known as a digital pill, to ensure that medical privacy protections are safeguarded, including, but not limited to, legislation that adequately protects the privacy of a patients medical and personal information and maintains the standards for a patient to provide informed consent for the use of medication and the collection and dissemination of the patients medical information.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to the use of technology that provides an electronic alert when a patient has ingested a prescription pill, also known as a digital pill, to ensure that medical privacy protections are safeguarded, including, but not limited to, legislation that adequately protects the privacy of a patients medical and personal information and maintains the standards for a patient to provide informed consent for the use of medication and the collection and dissemination of the patients medical information.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to the use of technology that provides an electronic alert when a patient has ingested a prescription pill, also known as a digital pill, to ensure that medical privacy protections are safeguarded, including, but not limited to, legislation that adequately protects the privacy of a patients medical and personal information and maintains the standards for a patient to provide informed consent for the use of medication and the collection and dissemination of the patients medical information.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to the use of technology that provides an electronic alert when a patient has ingested a prescription pill, also known as a digital pill, to ensure that medical privacy protections are safeguarded, including, but not limited to, legislation that adequately protects the privacy of a patients medical and personal information and maintains the standards for a patient to provide informed consent for the use of medication and the collection and dissemination of the patients medical information.
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