Health and Safety Code section 1385.026

The Legislature finds and declares that Section 19 and 29 of this act, which add Section 1385.0011 and 1385.0021, respectively, to the Health and Safety Code, impose a limitation on the public’s right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies within the meaning of Section 3 of Article I of the California Constitution. Pursuant to that constitutional provision, the Legislature makes the following findings to demonstrate the interest protected by this limitation and the need for protecting that interest:
To balance the public’s right to access records with the need to protect proprietary information received from pharmacy benefit managers, it is necessary that the information be kept confidential.

Source: Section 1385.026, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=1385.­026.­ (updated Jun. 30, 2025; accessed Jul. 14, 2025).

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