Existing law requires a health care provider to allow an adult patient who inspects his or her patient records to provide to the health care provider a written addendum with respect to any item or statement in his or her records that the patient believes to be incomplete or incorrect. Existing law authorizes any minor patient authorized by law to consent to a medical treatment to inspect his or her patient records, as specified. A violation of these provisions is punishable as a crime.
California AB 2088 (20172018) — Patient records: addenda.
Existing law requires a health care provider to allow an adult patient who inspects his or her patient records to provide to the health care provider a written addendum with respect to any item or statement in his or her records that the patient believes to be incomplete or incorrect. Existing law authorizes any minor patient authorized by law to consent to a medical treatment to inspect his or her patient records, as specified. A violation of these provisions is punishable as a crime.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 15–0 (pass) · lower
AB 2088 SANTIAGO Consent Calendar Second Day — 68–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB2088 Santiago By Pan — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Santiago — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-02-07 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2018-02-08 From printer. May be heard in committee March 10.
2018-02-16 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2018-03-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-04-04 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 4). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-04-05 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2018-04-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 4644.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-04-12 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2018-04-25 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2018-06-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-06-25 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2018-07-02 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2018-07-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-16 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5337.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-08-16 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2018-08-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2018-09-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-09-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 275, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5ed6584c-fe37-4e1e-ac27-645a2d4442dc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).