Section 130312 Of Division 110. The Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Implementation Act Of 2001 From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 110.
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. (a) The Department of Finance shall provide a complete
accounting of HIPAA expenditures made by all state entities.
(b) The Department of Finance, in consultation with the office,
shall develop and annually publish prior to August 1, guidelines for
state entities to obtain additional HIPAA funding. All funding
requests from state entities for HIPAA implementation, including, but
not limited to, requests for appropriations through the Budget Act
or other legislation and requests for allocation of lump-sum funds
from the Department of Finance, shall be reviewed and approved by the
office prior to being submitted to the Department of Finance.
Funding requests pertaining to information technology activities
shall also be reviewed and approved by the Department of Information
Technology.
(c) The Department of Finance shall notify the office and the
Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review and
the Chairperson of the Assembly Budget Committee of each allocation
it approves within 10 working days of the approval. The Department of
Finance shall also report to the Legislature quarterly on HIPAA
allocations, redirections, and expenditures, categorized by state
entity and by project.