Privacy: mental health digital services: mental health application information.
Existing federal law, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) , establishes certain requirements relating to the provision of health insurance, including provisions relating to the confidentiality of health records. Existing state law, the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA) , prohibits a provider of health care, a health care service plan, a contractor, a corporation and its subsidiaries and affiliates, or any business that offers software or hardware to consumers, including a mobile application or other related device, as defined, from intentionally sharing, selling, using for marketing, or otherwise using any medical information, as defined, for any purpose not necessary to provide health care services to a patient, except as provided. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions that results in economic loss or personal injury to a patient punishable as a misdemeanor.
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California Legislature
20212022
AB 2089
California AB 2089 (20212022)
bill
Privacy: mental health digital services: mental health application information.
California AB 2089 (20212022) — Privacy: mental health digital services: mental health application information.
Existing federal law, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) , establishes certain requirements relating to the provision of health insurance, including provisions relating to the confidentiality of health records. Existing state law, the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA) , prohibits a provider of health care, a health care service plan, a contractor, a corporation and its subsidiaries and affiliates, or any business that offers software or hardware to consumers, including a mobile application or other related device, as defined, from intentionally sharing, selling, using for marketing, or otherwise using any medical information, as defined, for any purpose not necessary to provide health care services to a patient, except as provided. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions that results in economic loss or personal injury to a patient punishable as a misdemeanor.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 2089 Bauer-Kahan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 75–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Health] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection] — 12–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB2089 Bauer-Kahan et al. By Eggman — 38–0 (pass) · upper
AB 2089 Bauer-Kahan Assembly Third Reading — 70–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Bauer-Kahan — primary (person)
Cunningham — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2022-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
2022-03-24 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and P. & C.P. referral-committee
2022-03-24 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2022-04-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-04-20 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 19). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2022-04-21 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-04-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-04-25 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. referral-committee
2022-05-18 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 1.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-27 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2022-06-08 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and HEALTH. referral-committee
2022-06-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-06-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-06-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-07-20 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2022-08-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-08-08 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2022-08-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-17 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4879.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-18 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2022-08-22 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5979.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-29 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2022-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 690, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ca6f76a0-c7e8-49ff-af02-f1aba26b2e4d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).