Existing law establishes the Center for Data Insights and Innovation, within the California Health and Human Services Agency, to ensure the enforcement of state law mandating the confidentiality of medical information. The center is administered by a director who also serves as the California Health and Human Services Chief Data Officer. Existing law further establishes the California Health and Human Services Data Exchange Framework to require the exchange of health information among health care entities and government agencies in the state, among other things. Existing law requires the agency to convene a stakeholder advisory group to advise on the development of implementation of the California Health and Human Services Data Exchange Framework.
This bill would require the center, on or before January 1, 2026, and subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act, to take over the establishment, implementation, and all of the functions related to the California Health and Human Services Data Exchange Framework, including the data sharing agreement and policies and procedures, from the agency. The bill would expand the California Health and Human Services Data Exchange Framework to include social services information.
The bill would expand the entities that are specifically required to execute a data sharing agreement with the California Health and Human Services Data Exchange Framework and authorize the center to determine other categories of entities required to execute a data sharing agreement. The bill would require the center, no later than July 1, 2025, to establish a process to designate qualified health information organizations as data sharing intermediaries that have demonstrated their ability to meet requirements of the California Health and Human Services Data Exchange Framework. The bill would require the center to annually report to the Legislature on the California Health and Human Services Data Exchange Framework, including compliance with data sharing agreements.
The bill would expand the membership of the stakeholder advisory group and also establish the CalHHS Data Exchange Board as a separate entity from the stakeholder advisory group. The board would be composed of 12 members who are appointed or serve ex officio. The board, among other things, would be required to review, modify, and approve modifications to the California Health and Human Services Data Exchange Framework data sharing agreement and any new policies and procedures developed by the center.

Statutes affected:
SB 660: 130290 HSC
02/20/25 - Introduced: 130290 HSC