California law protecting electronic medical information takes effect
HIPAA Weekly Advisor, January 7, 2008
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California law AB1298, which expands the state's current data-breach notification law, went into effect January 1, 2008, and the state now requires notification for residents whose electronic medical information was breached, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
According to the California law, protected data includes unencrypted medical histories, information on mental or physical conditions, medical treatments and diagnoses, unencrypted insurance policy or subscriber numbers, any applications for insurance, and claims histories and appeals, according to the January 4 article. The exposed information must include the name of a California resident.
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