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California 2009-2010 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 681 — Confidentiality of medical information: psychotherapy.

Last action October 11, 2009 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 464, Statutes of 2009.

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 26, 2009. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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Enacted

Current position in the legislative process.
1 sponsor

1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.
Cleared a recorded vote

Passed 8 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law prohibits providers of health care, health care service plans, and contractors from releasing medical information to persons authorized by law to receive that information if the information specifically relates to a patient's participation in outpatient treatment with a psychotherapist, unless the requester of the information submits a specified written request for the information to the patient and to the provider of health care, health care service plan, or contractor. However, existing law excepts from those provisions specified disclosures that are made for the purpose of diagnosis or treatment of a patient. This bill would also except from those provisions disclosures that are made to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to the health or safety of a reasonably foreseeable victim or victims.

Bill Text

Chaptered 10/11/09 - Chaptered Current pdf October 11, 2009
Enrolled 09/04/09 - Enrolled pdf September 04, 2009
Amended 08/24/09 - Amended Senate pdf August 24, 2009
Amended 06/23/09 - Amended Senate pdf June 23, 2009
Introduced 02/26/09 - Introduced pdf February 26, 2009
AB681 View text html

Action History

October 11, 2009
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 464, Statutes of 2009.
October 11, 2009
Approved by the Governor.
September 08, 2009
Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
September 02, 2009
Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2926.)
September 02, 2009
Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2889.)
September 01, 2009
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
August 31, 2009
Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2023.)
August 26, 2009
Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
August 25, 2009
Read second time. To third reading.
August 24, 2009
Read third time, amended. To second reading.
August 24, 2009
Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly.
August 20, 2009
In Senate. Held at Desk.
July 24, 2009
Ordered returned to Senate.
July 24, 2009
Action rescinded whereby the Assembly concurred in Senate amendments.
July 24, 2009
Withdrawn from Enrollment.
July 06, 2009
Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2385.)
June 29, 2009
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
June 29, 2009
Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1519.)
June 25, 2009
Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
June 23, 2009
Read second time, amended, and to third reading.
June 22, 2009
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 16).
May 21, 2009
Referred to Com. on JUD.
May 11, 2009
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
May 11, 2009
Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1368.)
May 06, 2009
Read second time. To Consent Calendar.
May 05, 2009
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 5).
April 15, 2009
From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 14).
March 23, 2009
Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD.
February 27, 2009
From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
February 26, 2009
Read first time. To print.

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Hernandez

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 681 HERNANDEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments

September 02, 2009

Passed 89 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	83	0	0	2
Democratic	3	0	0	0
Republican	3	0	0	0
Total	89	0	0	2
% of votes cast	98%	0%	0%	2%

How each member voted (91)

Member	Party	Vote
Hagman	—	Yea
Carter	—	Yea
Bill	—	Yea
Tom	—	Yea
Charles	—	Yea
Ammiano	—	Yea
Anderson	—	Yea
Beall	—	Yea
Evans	—	Yea
Feuer	—	Yea
Fuller	—	Yea
De	—	Yea
La	—	Yea
Torre	—	Yea
De	—	Yea
Leon	—	Yea
Furutani	—	Yea
Garrick	—	Yea
Yamada	—	Yea
Fletcher	—	Yea
Fong	—	Yea
Bonnie	—	Yea
Lowenthal	—	Yea
V.	—	Yea
Manuel	—	Yea
Perez	—	Yea
John	—	Yea
A.	—	Yea
Perez	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Salas	—	Yea
Saldana	—	Yea
Audra	—	Yea
Chesbro	—	Yea
Gilmore	—	Yea
Cook	—	Yea
Coto	—	Yea
Buchanan	—	Not Voting
Duvall	—	Yea
Hall	—	Not Voting
Harkey	—	Yea
Hernandez	—	Yea
Hill	—	Yea
Huffman	—	Yea
Jeffries	—	Yea
Krekorian	—	Yea
Lieu	—	Yea
Mendoza	—	Yea
Miller	—	Yea
Monning	—	Yea
Nava	—	Yea
Ruskin	—	Yea
Silva	—	Yea
Skinner	—	Yea
Solorio	—	Yea
Swanson	—	Yea
Torres	—	Yea
Torrico	—	Yea
Villines	—	Yea
Adams	—	Yea
Bass	—	Yea
Blakeslee	—	Yea
Block	—	Yea
Blumenfield	—	Yea
Brownley	—	Yea
Hayashi	—	Yea
Huber	—	Yea
Knight	—	Yea
Logue	—	Yea
Ma	—	Yea
Nestande	—	Yea
Nielsen	—	Yea
Smyth	—	Yea
Torlakson	—	Yea
Tran	—	Yea
Conway	—	Yea
Emmerson	—	Yea
Eng	—	Yea
Davis	—	Yea
DeVore	—	Yea
Fuentes	—	Yea
Galgiani	—	Yea
Beth Gaines	—	Yea
Bill Berryhill	—	Yea
Bill Berryhill	—	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea
Niello, Roger W.	Republican	Yea
Strickland, Tony	Republican	Yea

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Special Consent #17 AB681 Hernandez By Corbett

August 31, 2009

Passed 37 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	35	0	0	3
Democratic	1	0	0	1
Republican	1	0	0	0
Total	37	0	0	4
% of votes cast	90%	0%	0%	10%

How each member voted (41)

Member	Party	Vote
Yee	—	Yea
Cedillo	—	Yea
Cogdill	—	Yea
Florez	—	Yea
Hancock	—	Yea
Harman	—	Not Voting
Hollingsworth	—	Yea
Huff	—	Yea
Kehoe	—	Yea
Lowenthal	—	Yea
Negrete	—	Yea
Runner	—	Yea
Corbett	—	Yea
Ducheny	—	Yea
Dutton	—	Yea
Liu	—	Yea
McLeod	—	Yea
Alquist	—	Yea
Ashburn	—	Not Voting
Benoit	—	Yea
Oropeza	—	Yea
Pavley	—	Yea
Romero	—	Yea
Simitian	—	Yea
Steinberg	—	Yea
Wiggins	—	Yea
Wolk	—	Yea
Wright	—	Yea
Aanestad	—	Yea
Leno	—	Yea
Maldonado	—	Yea
Price	—	Yea
Walters	—	Yea
Wyland	—	Yea
Correa	—	Yea
Cox	—	Yea
DeSaulnier	—	Not Voting
Denham	—	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Padilla, Stephen C.	Democratic	Not Voting
Strickland, Tony	Republican	Yea

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AB 681 HERNANDEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments

July 06, 2009

Passed 90 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	84	0	0	1
Republican	3	0	0	0
Democratic	3	0	0	0
Total	90	0	0	1
% of votes cast	99%	0%	0%	1%

How each member voted (91)

Member	Party	Vote
De	—	Yea
La	—	Yea
Torre	—	Yea
De	—	Yea
Leon	—	Yea
Eng	—	Yea
Yamada	—	Yea
Fletcher	—	Yea
Fong	—	Yea
Bonnie	—	Yea
Lowenthal	—	Yea
V.	—	Yea
Manuel	—	Yea
Perez	—	Yea
John	—	Yea
A.	—	Yea
Perez	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Salas	—	Yea
Saldana	—	Yea
Audra	—	Yea
Duvall	—	Yea
Evans	—	Yea
Fuentes	—	Yea
Anderson	—	Not Voting
Fuller	—	Yea
Galgiani	—	Yea
Garrick	—	Yea
Hagman	—	Yea
Hall	—	Yea
Hayashi	—	Yea
Hernandez	—	Yea
Huber	—	Yea
Jeffries	—	Yea
Knight	—	Yea
Lieu	—	Yea
Logue	—	Yea
Mendoza	—	Yea
Monning	—	Yea
Nava	—	Yea
Ruskin	—	Yea
Silva	—	Yea
Skinner	—	Yea
Solorio	—	Yea
Swanson	—	Yea
Torres	—	Yea
Torrico	—	Yea
Villines	—	Yea
Carter	—	Yea
Chesbro	—	Yea
Conway	—	Yea
Cook	—	Yea
Bill	—	Yea
Tom	—	Yea
Charles	—	Yea
Ammiano	—	Yea
Beall	—	Yea
Blakeslee	—	Yea
Adams	—	Yea
Bass	—	Yea
Block	—	Yea
Blumenfield	—	Yea
Brownley	—	Yea
Buchanan	—	Yea
Harkey	—	Yea
Hill	—	Yea
Huffman	—	Yea
Krekorian	—	Yea
Ma	—	Yea
Miller	—	Yea
Nestande	—	Yea
Nielsen	—	Yea
Smyth	—	Yea
Torlakson	—	Yea
Tran	—	Yea
Emmerson	—	Yea
Coto	—	Yea
Feuer	—	Yea
Davis	—	Yea
DeVore	—	Yea
Furutani	—	Yea
Gilmore	—	Yea
Beth Gaines	—	Yea
Bill Berryhill	—	Yea
Bill Berryhill	—	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea
Niello, Roger W.	Republican	Yea
Strickland, Tony	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Special Consent #11 AB681 Hernandez

June 29, 2009

Passed 41 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	38	0	0	0
Democratic	2	0	0	0
Republican	1	0	0	0
Total	41	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (41)

Member	Party	Vote
Yee	—	Yea
Cedillo	—	Yea
Florez	—	Yea
Hancock	—	Yea
Harman	—	Yea
Huff	—	Yea
Lowenthal	—	Yea
Negrete	—	Yea
Runner	—	Yea
Leno	—	Yea
Cogdill	—	Yea
Corbett	—	Yea
Liu	—	Yea
McLeod	—	Yea
Oropeza	—	Yea
Pavley	—	Yea
Price	—	Yea
Ashburn	—	Yea
Benoit	—	Yea
Correa	—	Yea
Ducheny	—	Yea
Dutton	—	Yea
Simitian	—	Yea
Wiggins	—	Yea
Wolk	—	Yea
Wright	—	Yea
Aanestad	—	Yea
Alquist	—	Yea
Hollingsworth	—	Yea
Kehoe	—	Yea
Maldonado	—	Yea
Romero	—	Yea
Steinberg	—	Yea
Walters	—	Yea
Wyland	—	Yea
Cox	—	Yea
DeSaulnier	—	Yea
Denham	—	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Padilla, Stephen C.	Democratic	Yea
Strickland, Tony	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended.

June 16, 2009

Passed 4 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	4	0	0	1
Total	4	0	0	1
% of votes cast	80%	0%	0%	20%

How each member voted (5)

Member	Party	Vote
Harman	—	Not Voting
Leno	—	Yea
Walters	—	Yea
Corbett	—	Yea
Florez	—	Yea

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AB 681 HERNANDEZ Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session

May 11, 2009

Passed 90 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	82	0	0	2
Democratic	5	0	0	0
Republican	3	0	0	0
Total	90	0	0	2
% of votes cast	98%	0%	0%	2%

How each member voted (92)

Member	Party	Vote
Hall	—	Yea
Carter	—	Yea
Eng	—	Yea
Chesbro	—	Yea
Conway	—	Yea
Bill	—	Yea
Berryhill	—	Yea
Tom	—	Yea
Berryhill	—	Yea
Feuer	—	Yea
Fuentes	—	Yea
Furutani	—	Yea
Galgiani	—	Yea
Garrick	—	Yea
Charles	—	Yea
Gilmore	—	Yea
Hagman	—	Yea
De	—	Yea
La	—	Yea
Torre	—	Yea
De	—	Yea
Leon	—	Yea
Fletcher	—	Yea
Gaines	—	Yea
Ammiano	—	Yea
Beall	—	Yea
Blakeslee	—	Yea
Cook	—	Yea
Coto	—	Yea
Bonnie	—	Yea
V.	—	Yea
Manuel	—	Yea
Perez	—	Yea
John	—	Yea
A.	—	Yea
Perez	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Salas	—	Yea
Saldana	—	Yea
Audra	—	Yea
Duvall	—	Not Voting
Harkey	—	Yea
Hayashi	—	Yea
Hill	—	Yea
Huber	—	Yea
Jeffries	—	Yea
Knight	—	Yea
Bass	—	Yea
Krekorian	—	Yea
Ma	—	Yea
Miller	—	Yea
Monning	—	Yea
Nava	—	Yea
Nestande	—	Yea
Price	—	Yea
Ruskin	—	Yea
Silva	—	Yea
Skinner	—	Yea
Smyth	—	Yea
Solorio	—	Yea
Torlakson	—	Yea
Torrico	—	Yea
Tran	—	Yea
Villines	—	Yea
Adams	—	Yea
Anderson	—	Yea
Block	—	Yea
Blumenfield	—	Yea
Brownley	—	Yea
Buchanan	—	Yea
Hernandez	—	Yea
Huffman	—	Yea
Lieu	—	Yea
Logue	—	Yea
Mendoza	—	Yea
Nielsen	—	Yea
Swanson	—	Yea
Torres	—	Yea
Emmerson	—	Yea
Evans	—	Yea
Davis	—	Yea
DeVore	—	Yea
Yamada	—	Not Voting
Fuller	—	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Lowenthal, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea
Niello, Roger W.	Republican	Yea
Strickland, Tony	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass, to Consent Calendar.

May 05, 2009

Passed 10 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	9	0	0	0
Republican	1	0	0	0
Total	10	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (10)

Member	Party	Vote
Feuer	—	Yea
Knight	—	Yea
Krekorian	—	Yea
Skinner	—	Yea
Brownley	—	Yea
Lieu	—	Yea
Monning	—	Yea
Nielsen	—	Yea
Tran	—	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary to Consent Calendar.

April 14, 2009

Passed 24 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	21	0	0	0
Republican	2	0	0	0
Democratic	1	0	0	0
Total	24	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (24)

Member	Party	Vote
Hall	—	Yea
Conway	—	Yea
Hayashi	—	Yea
Hernandez	—	Yea
Hill	—	Yea
De	—	Yea
La	—	Yea
Torre	—	Yea
De	—	Yea
Leon	—	Yea
Fletcher	—	Yea
Gaines	—	Yea
Bonnie	—	Yea
Salas	—	Yea
Audra	—	Yea
Block	—	Yea
Nava	—	Yea
Adams	—	Yea
Ammiano	—	Yea
Carter	—	Yea
Emmerson	—	Yea
Lowenthal, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea
Strickland, Tony	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 681 do?: Existing law prohibits providers of health care, health care service plans, and contractors from releasing medical information to persons authorized by law to receive that information if the information specifically relates to a patient's participation in outpatient treatment with a psychotherapist, unless the requester of the information submits a specified written request for the information to the patient and to the provider of health care, health care service plan, or contractor. However, existing law excepts from those provisions specified disclosures that are made for the purpose of diagnosis or treatment of a patient. This bill would also except from those provisions disclosures that are made to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to the health or safety of a reasonably foreseeable victim or victims.
Who sponsors AB 681?: AB 681 is sponsored by Hernandez.
What is the current status of AB 681?: This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 26, 2009. Enacted.
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At a glance

Identifier: AB 681
Jurisdiction: California
Session: 2009-2010 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: February 26, 2009
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Hernandez

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