SB-1150 • 2026

Cancer data: notifications.

Healthcare

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Jones
Last action: 2026-06-01
Official status: Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and digest do not provide details on what happens if notifications are not sent within five business days or how many hospitals will be required to put up signs in designated areas.

Cancer Data Notifications

This law requires hospitals, doctors, and labs to notify patients within five business days when their cancer case is reported to the state health department and for certain facilities to display signs with QR codes linking to more information about cancer data reporting.

What This Bill Does

Requires hospitals, doctors, and labs to send a letter within five business days telling patients that their case has been reported to the state health department.
Needs hospitals in certain areas to put up signs about cancer data reporting with QR codes linking to more information.

Who It Names or Affects

Patients diagnosed with cancer
Hospitals, doctors, and labs that report cancer cases

Terms To Know

Registry: A list or database where information about patients with a specific condition, such as cancer, is stored for research and tracking purposes.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify what happens if the notification to patients is not sent within five business days.
It's unclear how many hospitals will be required to put up signs in designated areas.

Bill History

2026-06-01 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
2026-05-22 California Legislative Information
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
2026-05-22 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0.) Ordered to the Assembly.
2026-05-20 California Legislative Information
Ordered to special consent calendar.
2026-05-14 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-05-14 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 14).
2026-05-08 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing May 14.
2026-05-04 California Legislative Information
May 4 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2026-04-30 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing May 4.
2026-04-29 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5.
2026-04-28 California Legislative Information
Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
2026-04-27 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 22).
2026-04-09 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing April 22.
2026-04-08 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
2026-03-25 California Legislative Information
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
2026-02-26 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on RLS.
2026-02-19 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
2026-02-18 California Legislative Information
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Official Summary Text

SB 1150, as amended, Jones.
Cancer data: notifications.
Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to conduct a program of epidemiological assessments of the incidence of cancer. Existing law requires specified entities providing specified services to cancer patients, including hospitals, practitioners, and laboratories, to report each case of cancer to the department, as specified.
This bill would require an entity described above to, within 5 business days of making a report to the department, notify the patient by mail that the entity has reported the patient’s case to the department as described above and that the department may use that report to add the patient’s case to a registry of cancer cases.
This bill would require a hospital or other facility that provides therapy to a cancer patient within an area designated as a cancer reporting area to post a sign, developed by the department, in a conspicuous location that contains an advisement about cancer data reporting and a quick response code that links to the California Cancer Registry internet website.

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