The California
Confidentiality of
Medical Information Act understands that Private Information about your health and
healthcare is perhaps the most sensitive and personal kind of information
collected. California State & Federal laws give us
many rights to limit those who see our medical records. Check
out the links below for more details.
Consumer Medical Information –
SB 1633
Civil Code
§1798.91 (Figueroa, D-Sunol) – This measure prohibits any business from
trying to obtain medical information directly from an individual for direct
marketing purposes without clearly and conspicuously disclosing how it will
use and share that information, and without obtaining the consumer’s
consent. The measure exempts businesses that are already subject to the
Confidentiality of
Medical Information Act, certain telephone corporations, and insurance
institutions, agents, and support organizations, from provisions of the
measure.
