California Health Information Network.

Existing law establishes the Office of Health Information Integrity within the California Health and Human Services Agency to ensure the enforcement of state law mandating confidentiality of medical information and to impose administrative fines for the unauthorized use of medical information. This bill would establish the California Health Information Network and the California Health Information Standards Advisory Board within the California Health and Human Services Agency with prescribed duties related to making recommendations for the adoption of health information exchange standards and would require the secretary to report no later than July 1, 2010, to the Governor and the Legislature regarding progress at meeting the goals of the bill, including, but not limited to, recommendations relating to necessary statutory changes.