§ 661. — 661. (Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 750, Sec. 1.)

(a)
A physician and surgeon shall provide to each patient at the initial office visit a written or electronic notice of the Open Payments database. The written notice shall include a signature from the patient or a patient representative and the date of signature.
(b)
The written or electronic notice shall contain the following text:
“The Open Payments database is a federal tool used to search payments made by drug and device companies to physicians and teaching hospitals. It can be found at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.”
(c)
A physician and surgeon shall include in the electronic records for the patient a record of the notice pursuant to this section.
(d)
If a physician and surgeon does not maintain electronic records, the physician and surgeon shall include the notice pursuant to this section in the written records.
(e)
A physician and surgeon shall give to the patient or patient representative a copy of the signed and dated notice.

Legislative History

Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 750, Sec. 1. (AB 1278) Effective January 1, 2023.