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type: "Bill"
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title: "Incarcerated persons: health records."
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description: "Existing law, the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act, prohibits a health care provider, a contractor, or a health care service plan from disclosing medical information, as defined, regarding a patient of the provider or an enrollee or subscriber of the health care service plan without first obtaining an authorization, except as specified. Existing law authorizes a provider of health care or a health care service plan to disclose medical information when, among other things, the information is disclosed to an insurer, employer, health care service plan, hospital service plan, employee benefit plan, governmental authority, contractor, or other person or entity responsible for paying for health care services rendered to the patient, to the extent necessary to allow responsibility for payment to be determined and payment to be made."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20212022"
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identifier: "AB 2526"
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citation: "California AB 2526 (20212022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Incarcerated persons: health records."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cooper"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2022-02-17"
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last_action: "2022-09-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a01bba14-c442-4a49-bfcb-56146ae185e1"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2526"
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source_hash: "113dce56f0172e885126beb7f166fe1c3cc81d3f800e4a5325e222ad385b64b2"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 2526 (20212022) — Incarcerated persons: health records.
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Existing law, the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act, prohibits a health care provider, a contractor, or a health care service plan from disclosing medical information, as defined, regarding a patient of the provider or an enrollee or subscriber of the health care service plan without first obtaining an authorization, except as specified. Existing law authorizes a provider of health care or a health care service plan to disclose medical information when, among other things, the information is disclosed to an insurer, employer, health care service plan, hospital service plan, employee benefit plan, governmental authority, contractor, or other person or entity responsible for paying for health care services rendered to the patient, to the extent necessary to allow responsibility for payment to be determined and payment to be made.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/17/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2526&version=20210AB252699INT)
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2. **09/30/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2526&version=20210AB252697CHP)
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3. **AB2526** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2526)
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4. **08/25/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2526&version=20210AB252698ENR)
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## Votes
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- Special Consent AB2526 — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 2526 Cooper Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Cooper — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
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- **2022-03-10** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-04-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2022-04-27** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-05-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2022-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4940.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2022-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2022-06-08** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2022-08-02** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-08-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2022-08-22** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2022-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 4981.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2022-08-23** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2022-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2022-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2022-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 968, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a01bba14-c442-4a49-bfcb-56146ae185e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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