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24-350 New Laws Help Safeguard Privacy and Enhance Protections for Reproductive Rights
Health Net·CA · OB-GYN, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine +2 more·Prior Authorization
Effective date
Jul 1, 2024
We identified it
Jun 20, 2026
Summary
New California laws require healthcare providers to implement enhanced privacy protections for sensitive services including reproductive health and gender-affirming care by July 1, 2024. Providers must segregate this medical information, limit access privileges, and prevent disclosure to out-of-state entities.
Action Required
By July 1, 2024: IT team and practice administrators must update EHR systems to segregate medical information for gender-affirming care, abortion, abortion-related services, and contraception from other patient records. Implement user access controls limiting these records to authorized personnel only. Configure systems to prevent automatic transmission of this data to health information exchanges and out-of-state entities. Billing team must ensure these services are not included in routine data exchanges with California HIEs.