California 2023 2023-2024 Regular Session

California Assembly Bill AB392 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/02/2023

                    CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 392Introduced by Assembly Member Blanca RubioFebruary 02, 2023 An act to add Part 7.5 (commencing with Section 101999) to Division 101 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to health.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 392, as introduced, Blanca Rubio. Multicultural health.Existing law establishes the Department of Health Care Access and Information in the California Health and Human Services Agency. Existing law requires an organization that operates, conducts, owns, or maintains a health facility, each hospital, and each general acute care hospital and freestanding ambulatory surgery clinic to make and file with the office certain information regarding patients that is recorded on a Hospital Discharge Abstract Data Record, an Emergency Care Data Record, and an Ambulatory Surgery Data Record, respectively, as described. The information includes, among other things, the date of birth, race, date of services, and principal diagnosis of the patient. Existing law requires the department to disclose this information to certain entities, including, among others, any California hospital and tribal epidemiology centers, except as specified. Existing law prohibits those entities from disclosing that information except in response to a court order, search warrant, or subpoena, or as otherwise required or permitted by specified federal law.Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to establish a list of reportable communicable and noncommunicable diseases and conditions and specify the timeliness requirements related to the reporting of each disease and condition. Existing law also requires the State Department of Public Health to collect data on coccidioidomycosis cases from the California Reportable Disease Information Exchange (CalREDIE) system and any other electronic data system used by a local health department.This bill would require the State Department of Public Health to enter into a data sharing agreement with the California Tribal Epidemiology Center (CTEC) for access to and use of the CalREDIE and the California Immunization Registry systems no later than January 1, 2024, and would prohibit the CTEC from disclosing the information, as described above.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: NOYES  Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Part 7.5 (commencing with Section 101999) is added to Division 101 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:PART 7.5. California Tribal Epidemiology Center101999. (a) The State Department of Public Health shall enter into a data sharing agreement with the California Tribal Epidemiology Center for access to and use of the California Reportable Disease Information Exchange (CalREDIE) and the California Immunization Registry systems no later than January 1, 2024.(b) The California Tribal Epidemiology Center shall not disclose any information it receives pursuant to this section to any person or entity, except in response to a court order, search warrant, or subpoena, or as otherwise required or permitted by the federal medical privacy regulations contained in Parts 160 and 164 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 392Introduced by Assembly Member Blanca RubioFebruary 02, 2023 An act to add Part 7.5 (commencing with Section 101999) to Division 101 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to health.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 392, as introduced, Blanca Rubio. Multicultural health.Existing law establishes the Department of Health Care Access and Information in the California Health and Human Services Agency. Existing law requires an organization that operates, conducts, owns, or maintains a health facility, each hospital, and each general acute care hospital and freestanding ambulatory surgery clinic to make and file with the office certain information regarding patients that is recorded on a Hospital Discharge Abstract Data Record, an Emergency Care Data Record, and an Ambulatory Surgery Data Record, respectively, as described. The information includes, among other things, the date of birth, race, date of services, and principal diagnosis of the patient. Existing law requires the department to disclose this information to certain entities, including, among others, any California hospital and tribal epidemiology centers, except as specified. Existing law prohibits those entities from disclosing that information except in response to a court order, search warrant, or subpoena, or as otherwise required or permitted by specified federal law.Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to establish a list of reportable communicable and noncommunicable diseases and conditions and specify the timeliness requirements related to the reporting of each disease and condition. Existing law also requires the State Department of Public Health to collect data on coccidioidomycosis cases from the California Reportable Disease Information Exchange (CalREDIE) system and any other electronic data system used by a local health department.This bill would require the State Department of Public Health to enter into a data sharing agreement with the California Tribal Epidemiology Center (CTEC) for access to and use of the CalREDIE and the California Immunization Registry systems no later than January 1, 2024, and would prohibit the CTEC from disclosing the information, as described above.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: NOYES  Local Program: NO 





 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Bill 

No. 392

Introduced by Assembly Member Blanca RubioFebruary 02, 2023

Introduced by Assembly Member Blanca Rubio
February 02, 2023

 An act to add Part 7.5 (commencing with Section 101999) to Division 101 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to health.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 392, as introduced, Blanca Rubio. Multicultural health.

Existing law establishes the Department of Health Care Access and Information in the California Health and Human Services Agency. Existing law requires an organization that operates, conducts, owns, or maintains a health facility, each hospital, and each general acute care hospital and freestanding ambulatory surgery clinic to make and file with the office certain information regarding patients that is recorded on a Hospital Discharge Abstract Data Record, an Emergency Care Data Record, and an Ambulatory Surgery Data Record, respectively, as described. The information includes, among other things, the date of birth, race, date of services, and principal diagnosis of the patient. Existing law requires the department to disclose this information to certain entities, including, among others, any California hospital and tribal epidemiology centers, except as specified. Existing law prohibits those entities from disclosing that information except in response to a court order, search warrant, or subpoena, or as otherwise required or permitted by specified federal law.Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to establish a list of reportable communicable and noncommunicable diseases and conditions and specify the timeliness requirements related to the reporting of each disease and condition. Existing law also requires the State Department of Public Health to collect data on coccidioidomycosis cases from the California Reportable Disease Information Exchange (CalREDIE) system and any other electronic data system used by a local health department.This bill would require the State Department of Public Health to enter into a data sharing agreement with the California Tribal Epidemiology Center (CTEC) for access to and use of the CalREDIE and the California Immunization Registry systems no later than January 1, 2024, and would prohibit the CTEC from disclosing the information, as described above.

Existing law establishes the Department of Health Care Access and Information in the California Health and Human Services Agency. Existing law requires an organization that operates, conducts, owns, or maintains a health facility, each hospital, and each general acute care hospital and freestanding ambulatory surgery clinic to make and file with the office certain information regarding patients that is recorded on a Hospital Discharge Abstract Data Record, an Emergency Care Data Record, and an Ambulatory Surgery Data Record, respectively, as described. The information includes, among other things, the date of birth, race, date of services, and principal diagnosis of the patient. Existing law requires the department to disclose this information to certain entities, including, among others, any California hospital and tribal epidemiology centers, except as specified. Existing law prohibits those entities from disclosing that information except in response to a court order, search warrant, or subpoena, or as otherwise required or permitted by specified federal law.

Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to establish a list of reportable communicable and noncommunicable diseases and conditions and specify the timeliness requirements related to the reporting of each disease and condition. Existing law also requires the State Department of Public Health to collect data on coccidioidomycosis cases from the California Reportable Disease Information Exchange (CalREDIE) system and any other electronic data system used by a local health department.

This bill would require the State Department of Public Health to enter into a data sharing agreement with the California Tribal Epidemiology Center (CTEC) for access to and use of the CalREDIE and the California Immunization Registry systems no later than January 1, 2024, and would prohibit the CTEC from disclosing the information, as described above.

## Digest Key

## Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Part 7.5 (commencing with Section 101999) is added to Division 101 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:PART 7.5. California Tribal Epidemiology Center101999. (a) The State Department of Public Health shall enter into a data sharing agreement with the California Tribal Epidemiology Center for access to and use of the California Reportable Disease Information Exchange (CalREDIE) and the California Immunization Registry systems no later than January 1, 2024.(b) The California Tribal Epidemiology Center shall not disclose any information it receives pursuant to this section to any person or entity, except in response to a court order, search warrant, or subpoena, or as otherwise required or permitted by the federal medical privacy regulations contained in Parts 160 and 164 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Part 7.5 (commencing with Section 101999) is added to Division 101 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:PART 7.5. California Tribal Epidemiology Center101999. (a) The State Department of Public Health shall enter into a data sharing agreement with the California Tribal Epidemiology Center for access to and use of the California Reportable Disease Information Exchange (CalREDIE) and the California Immunization Registry systems no later than January 1, 2024.(b) The California Tribal Epidemiology Center shall not disclose any information it receives pursuant to this section to any person or entity, except in response to a court order, search warrant, or subpoena, or as otherwise required or permitted by the federal medical privacy regulations contained in Parts 160 and 164 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

SECTION 1. Part 7.5 (commencing with Section 101999) is added to Division 101 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:

### SECTION 1.

PART 7.5. California Tribal Epidemiology Center101999. (a) The State Department of Public Health shall enter into a data sharing agreement with the California Tribal Epidemiology Center for access to and use of the California Reportable Disease Information Exchange (CalREDIE) and the California Immunization Registry systems no later than January 1, 2024.(b) The California Tribal Epidemiology Center shall not disclose any information it receives pursuant to this section to any person or entity, except in response to a court order, search warrant, or subpoena, or as otherwise required or permitted by the federal medical privacy regulations contained in Parts 160 and 164 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

PART 7.5. California Tribal Epidemiology Center101999. (a) The State Department of Public Health shall enter into a data sharing agreement with the California Tribal Epidemiology Center for access to and use of the California Reportable Disease Information Exchange (CalREDIE) and the California Immunization Registry systems no later than January 1, 2024.(b) The California Tribal Epidemiology Center shall not disclose any information it receives pursuant to this section to any person or entity, except in response to a court order, search warrant, or subpoena, or as otherwise required or permitted by the federal medical privacy regulations contained in Parts 160 and 164 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

PART 7.5. California Tribal Epidemiology Center

PART 7.5. California Tribal Epidemiology Center

101999. (a) The State Department of Public Health shall enter into a data sharing agreement with the California Tribal Epidemiology Center for access to and use of the California Reportable Disease Information Exchange (CalREDIE) and the California Immunization Registry systems no later than January 1, 2024.(b) The California Tribal Epidemiology Center shall not disclose any information it receives pursuant to this section to any person or entity, except in response to a court order, search warrant, or subpoena, or as otherwise required or permitted by the federal medical privacy regulations contained in Parts 160 and 164 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations.



101999. (a) The State Department of Public Health shall enter into a data sharing agreement with the California Tribal Epidemiology Center for access to and use of the California Reportable Disease Information Exchange (CalREDIE) and the California Immunization Registry systems no later than January 1, 2024.

(b) The California Tribal Epidemiology Center shall not disclose any information it receives pursuant to this section to any person or entity, except in response to a court order, search warrant, or subpoena, or as otherwise required or permitted by the federal medical privacy regulations contained in Parts 160 and 164 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations.