Cancer Reporting Legislation
New AnnouncementOn October 13, 2023, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill (SB) 344 into law (SB 344 Chaptered), authored by the California Legislature. This legislation makes amendments to the Health and Safety Code § 103885 and will go into effect on January 1, 2024. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ |
Cancer reporting is regulated by federal and state laws. Together, these laws establish the requirements for reporting and the accuracy, quality, and timeliness of reporting, as well as protecting patient confidentiality. In recent legislation passed in 2016, California Assembly Bill 2325 (AB 2325) mandated that all pathologists report electronically before January 1, 2019.
The US Congress passes the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, or “HIPAA”—a law requiring uniform federal privacy protections for individually identifiable health information. Learn more about HIPAA.
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All pathologists are required to report cancer diagnoses electronically before January 1, 2019.
Learn more about implementing AB 2325.
