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AB 2610: Patient access to health records.
What AB 2610 does, verified February 24, 2026
This bill aims to amend the health and safety code to clarify the legislature's findings and declarations regarding patient access to health records. The bill makes technical, nonsubstantive changes to the existing law, which generally governs a patient's access to their own health records. The law establishes procedures for patients and authorized individuals to access health care records or summaries. The bill updates the existing declarations to reflect the importance of patient access to health records, without changing the underlying procedures or substance of the law.
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| Feb. 21, 2026 | From printer. May be heard in committee March 23. |
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Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 20, 2026 · 281 words
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2610
| Introduced by Assembly Member Addis |
February 20, 2026 |
An act to amend Section 123100 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2610, as introduced, Addis. Patient access to health records.
Existing law generally governs a patient’s access to the patient’s own health records. Existing law establishes procedures for providing access to health care records or summaries of those records by patients and by those persons who have responsibility for decisions regarding the health care of others, as described. Existing law sets forth the Legislature’s findings and declarations regarding the right of access to that information, as specified.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those findings and declarations.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 123100 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:123100.
(a) The Legislature finds and declares that every person(b) It is, therefore, the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to establish procedures for providing access to health care records or summaries of those records by patients and by those persons having who have responsibility for decisions respecting regarding the health care of others.
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