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type: "Bill"
title: "Confidential medical information: required authorization to disclose."
description: "The Confidentiality of Medical Information Act requires, among other things, that a demand for settlement or offer to compromise issued on a patient's behalf prior to the service of a complaint in any action arising out of the professional negligence of a specifically certified physician and surgeon be accompanied by an authorization to disclose medical information to the persons or organizations insuring, responsible for, or defending the professional liability of the physician and surgeon in order to allow an evaluation of the merits of the demand for settlement or offer of compromise."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 282"
citation: "California SB 282 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Confidential medical information: required authorization to disclose."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Yee"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2013-02-14"
last_action: "2013-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17948fe3-12f4-4aa0-8a4c-a47c70f9096d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB282"
source_hash: "5d2b558e99bab9f6701e6f9291fc4b631a7b007b936acd24f7a2ec422fbdcdd8"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---
# California SB 282 (20132014) — Confidential medical information: required authorization to disclose.
The Confidentiality of Medical Information Act requires, among other things, that a demand for settlement or offer to compromise issued on a patient's behalf prior to the service of a complaint in any action arising out of the professional negligence of a specifically certified physician and surgeon be accompanied by an authorization to disclose medical information to the persons or organizations insuring, responsible for, or defending the professional liability of the physician and surgeon in order to allow an evaluation of the merits of the demand for settlement or offer of compromise.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/14/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB282&version=20130SB28299INT)
2. **07/03/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB282&version=20130SB28297CHP)
3. **SB282** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB282)
4. **06/25/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB282&version=20130SB28298ENR)
## Votes
- SB 282 Yee Consent Calendar Second Day — **750** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **90** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **370** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **60** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Yee — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-02-14** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-02-15** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
- **2013-02-28** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-26** Set for hearing May 7.
- **2013-05-08** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 852.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 947.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-16** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-03** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-05** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-06-18** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-19** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-06-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2131.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-06-24** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2013-06-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2013-07-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 58, Statutes of 2013.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17948fe3-12f4-4aa0-8a4c-a47c70f9096d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).