Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, provides for the licensing and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care and makes a willful violation of the act a crime. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Insurance Commissioner. Except as specified, existing law prohibits a provider of health care, a health care service plan, or contractor from disclosing medical information regarding a patient of the provider of health care or an enrollee or subscriber of a health care service plan without first obtaining an authorization.
California SB 1196 (20112012) — Claims data disclosure.
Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, provides for the licensing and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care and makes a willful violation of the act a crime. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Insurance Commissioner. Except as specified, existing law prohibits a provider of health care, a health care service plan, or contractor from disclosing medical information regarding a patient of the provider of health care or an enrollee or subscriber of a health care service plan without first obtaining an authorization.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Unfinished Business SB1196 Hernandez Concurrence — 30–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 19–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar 2nd — 35–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
SB 1196 Hernandez Senate Third Reading By GORDON — 80–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Hernandez — primary (person)
Gaines — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2012-02-22 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2012-02-23 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
2012-03-01 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2012-03-26 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2012-03-29 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2012-03-30 Set for hearing April 18.
2012-04-10 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2012-04-10 (Corrected April 17.)
2012-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3229.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-04-20 Set for hearing April 30.
2012-04-30 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
2012-05-01 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2012-05-03 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 3404.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-05-03 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2012-05-25 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2012-06-18 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (June 12). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-06-19 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2012-06-28 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2012-08-09 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-08-13 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2012-08-16 From consent calendar.
2012-08-16 Ordered to third reading.
2012-08-22 Read third time and amended. (Page 6086.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2012-08-22 Ordered to third reading.
2012-08-27 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6341.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-08-28 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2012-08-29 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 0. Page 4963.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2012-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2012-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2012-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 869, Statutes of 2012.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/facacca3-6db3-4c8d-869a-917c84df5b1a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).