California Health and Safety Code DIVISION 110 - THE HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IMPLEMENTATION ACT OF 2001

• Section 130300.
  This division shall be known and may be cited as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Implementation Act of 2001.(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 635,...
• Section 130301.
  The Legislature finds and declares the following:(a) The federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (Public Law 104-191), known as HIPAA, was enacted on August 21,...
• Section 130302.
  For the purposes of this division, the following definitions apply:(a) “Director” means the Director of the Office of Health Information Integrity.(b) “HIPAA” means the federal Health Insurance...
• Section 130303.
  The office shall assume statewide leadership, coordination, policy formulation, direction, and oversight responsibilities for HIPAA implementation and compliance. The office shall exercise full authority relative...
• Section 130304.
  The office shall be under the supervision and control of a director, known as the Director of the Office of Health Information Integrity, who shall...
• Section 130305.
  The office shall be staffed, at a minimum, with the following personnel:(a) Legal counsel to perform activities that may include, but are not limited to, determining...
• Section 130306.
  The office shall perform the following functions:(a) Standardizing the HIPAA implementation process used in all state entities, which includes the following:(1) Developing an overall state strategy for...
• Section 130308.
  The office may contract for the provision of services required to implement this division. The Legislature finds that these contracts are for a new state...
• Section 130309.
  (a) All state entities subject to HIPAA shall complete an assessment, in a form specified by the office to determine the impact of HIPAA on their...
• Section 130310.
  All state entities shall cooperate with the efforts of the office to monitor HIPAA implementation and compliance activities and to obtain information on those activities.(Amended...
• Section 130311.
  All state entities affected by HIPAA shall comply with the decisions of the director in achieving compliance with HIPAA.(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 635, Sec....
• Section 130311.5.
  (a) The office shall assume statewide leadership, coordination, direction, and oversight responsibilities for determining which provisions of state law concerning personal medical information are preempted by...
• Section 130313.
  To the extent that funds are appropriated in the annual Budget Act, the office shall perform the following functions in order to comply with HIPAA...
• Section 130314.
  The office shall report to the Legislature, upon its request, any services or programs that were temporarily reduced or suspended due to the redirection of...
• Section 130315.
  State entities may adopt emergency regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3...

Last modified: October 22, 2018