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type: "Bill"
title: "Medical records: access."
description: "Existing law governs a patient's access to his or her health records. Existing law requires a health care provider to provide a patient or his or her representative with all or any part of the patient's medical records that the patient has a right to inspect, subject to the payment of clerical costs incurred in locating and making the records available, following a written request from the patient. If the patient or patient's representative presents proof to the provider that the records are needed to support an appeal regarding eligibility for a public benefit program, as defined, the health care provider must provide one copy of the relevant portion of the patient's record at no charge under specified circumstances. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions by specified health care providers an infraction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 241"
citation: "California SB 241 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medical records: access."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Monning"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 35
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b64ace7-17ed-492a-b4fe-b5aa2bcdf654"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB241"
source_hash: "038ac105be8e09a0e9188f07b908b8ae3ce4779432d7692b3d14547032cf386d"
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 241 (20172018) — Medical records: access.
Existing law governs a patient's access to his or her health records. Existing law requires a health care provider to provide a patient or his or her representative with all or any part of the patient's medical records that the patient has a right to inspect, subject to the payment of clerical costs incurred in locating and making the records available, following a written request from the patient. If the patient or patient's representative presents proof to the provider that the records are needed to support an appeal regarding eligibility for a public benefit program, as defined, the health care provider must provide one copy of the relevant portion of the patient's record at no charge under specified circumstances. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions by specified health care providers an infraction.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/06/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB241&version=20170SB24199INT)
2. **08/31/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB241&version=20170SB24198AMD)
3. **09/07/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB241&version=20170SB24197AMD)
4. **10/05/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB241&version=20170SB24195CHP)
5. **SB241** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB241)
6. **09/20/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB241&version=20170SB24196ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 241 Monning Senate Third Reading By LIMÓN — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB241 Monning Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Monning — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-06** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-07** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 9.
- **2017-02-16** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-16** Set for hearing March 29.
- **2017-03-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 558.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-13** Set for hearing April 25.
- **2017-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 851.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-01** Set for hearing May 8.
- **2017-05-03** May 8 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2017-05-04** Set for hearing May 15.
- **2017-05-08** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-15** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1066.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-16** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-26** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-28** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-06-29** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-07-03** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Bonta.
- **2017-07-03** Ordered to third reading.
- **2017-07-06** Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Bonta.
- **2017-08-28** Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Calderon.
- **2017-08-29** From inactive file.
- **2017-08-29** Ordered to third reading.
- **2017-08-31** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-08-31** Ordered to third reading.
- **2017-09-07** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-09-07** Ordered to third reading.
- **2017-09-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3404.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-15** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2017-09-15** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2994.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2017-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 513, Statutes of 2017.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b64ace7-17ed-492a-b4fe-b5aa2bcdf654`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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