(a)No person or entity engaged in the business of furnishing administrative services to programs that provide payment for health care services shall knowingly use, disclose, or permit its employees or agents to use or disclose medical information possessed in connection with performing administrative functions for a program, except as reasonably necessary in connection with the administration or maintenance of the program, or as required by law, or with an authorization.
(b)An authorization required by this section shall be in the same form as described in Section 56.21, except that “third party administrator” shall be substituted for “employer” wherever it appears in Section 56.21.
(c)This section shall not apply to any person or entity that is subject to the Insurance Information Privacy Act or to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 56.10) or Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 56.20).
Notes of Decisions
Fett v. Med. Bd. of California, 245 Cal. App. 4th 211 (Cal. Ct. App. 2016).
“Redisclosure of medical records Civil Code section 56.26 provides: “No person or entity engaged in the business of furnishing administrative services to programs that provide *223 payment for health care services shall knowingly use, disclose, or permit its employees or agents…”
Dunlap v. Ass'n of Bay Area Governments, 996 F. Supp. 962 (N.D. Cal. 1998).
“§ 794 ; 3) violation of the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act, California Civil Code § 56.26; and 4) the state-law tort of negligent infliction of emotional distress.”
Fett v. Med. Bd. of CA (Cal. Ct. App. 2016).
· cites it 2× “) Whether OptumInsight’s redisclosure of medical records to the Board violated Civil Code section 56.26, and whether any such violation foreclosed use of the records, is reviewed de novo.”
Bekono v. Reed Grp. CA4/1 (Cal. Ct. App. 2016).
“" (Civ. Code, § 56.26, subd. (a).) 6 At the hearing, Bekono (through retained counsel) "concede[d] the demurrer on this point.”
(PC)O'Neil v. Bunch (E.D. Cal. 2023).
“” California Civil Code Section 56.26(a) states: “No person 16 or entity engaged in the business of furnishing administrative services to programs that provide 17 payment for health care services shall knowingly use, disclose, or permit its employees or 18 agents to use or…”
— Cal. Civil Code § 56.26(a) — 1 case
(PC)O'Neil v. Bunch (E.D. Cal. 2023).
“” California Civil Code Section 56.26(a) states: “No person 16 or entity engaged in the business of furnishing administrative services to programs that provide 17 payment for health care services shall knowingly use, disclose, or permit its employees or 18 agents to use or…”
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