Health care providers and laboratories shall report HIV infection cases and patient names to local health officers in order to keep California competitive for federal HIV and AIDS funding. Local health officers shall report unduplicated HIV cases by name to the State Department of Health Services.
Identifying information for HIV cases reported to the local health officer and the State Department of Health Services shall not be disclosed to the federal government except when the confidential information is necessary to the investigation, control, or surveillance of disease.
The CMIA does not apply to certain mental health and drug abuse treatment records, as enumerated in the section. These other California and federal laws control the disclosure and use of confidential medical information, and prevail over the general provisions of the CMIA.
The Legislature intends to make statewide longitudinal education data available and accessible to researchers so they may evaluate the effectiveness of instructional materials, strategies, and approaches for educating different types of pupils in a manner that complies with federal and state privacy laws, including the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 2001 (FERPA). It is the intent of the Legislature to make pupil data available to qualified researchers from nonprofit organizations while appropriately protecting the privacy of individual pupils.
Commencing on July 1, 2010, and to the extent permissible under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and state law, the Department of Education may act on behalf of local educational agencies under FERPA, including providing access to and protecting the security of pupil data, and may release pupil data to qualified researchers from nonprofit entities. [This law is effective until July 1, 2013, and as of January 1, 2014, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute deletes or extends that date.]
A local educational agency may access data via CALPADS concerning pupils enrolled within the local educational agency or concerning pupils who intend or are directed to enroll, subject to the rights of parents, within one local educational agency. [This law is effective until July 1, 2013, and as of January 1, 2014, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute deletes or extends that date.]
In order to promote a culture of collaboration and data analysis and to increase the identification and sharing of effective practices, local educational agencies may share data with each other via CALPADS to the extent permissible under federal and state law. [This law is effective until July 1, 2013, and as of January 1, 2014, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute deletes or extends that date.]
A Medicare Select issuer shall comply with reasonable requests for data made by state or federal agencies, including the United States Department of Health and Human Services for the purpose of evaluating the Medicare Select program.
Every employer must file a report with the Department of Industrial Relations of every occupational injury or illness that results in lost time beyond the date of the injury or that requires medical treatment beyond first aid. The reports must the employee's social security number. Insured employers must file with the insurer within five days of learning about the injury. A self-insured employer, the state, or the insurer of an insured employer file within the time prescribed by the administrative director.
