The California Health Information Law Identification Project (CHILI) will identify and organize provisions of the Constitution of the State of California and all codified State statutes (or subdivisions thereof) that relate to the privacy or security of health information, e.g., every provision of State law that has one or any combination of the following specific purposes:

• Regulating the collection of health information;
• Regulating the use of health information;
• Regulating the disclosure of health information;
• Regulating the privacy of health information;
• Regulating the security of health information;
• Regulating the storage or retention of health information;

or, the statute otherwise affects the regulation of health information in a “direct, clear, and substantial way.”

The CHILI reference tool will be an interactive tool available to search by keyword, HIPAA regulation number or California statute number and will enable the user to quickly identify the provisions of California law that regulate the use of health information or health records, as well as correlating the California provisions that resonate with the privacy and security requirements of the federal HIPAA provisions. The CHILI will also provide a link to the OHI’s HIPAA preemption analysis, where applicable.

Check back soon to access the CHILI reference tool.