The Department of Health Care Access and Information on its final convening of the Implementation Advisory Committee described how Senate Bill “6 60” will change oversight and compliance for California’s Data Exchange Framework (DXF).

Jacob Parkinson, the meeting facilitator and DXF program lead, said the law strengthens “transparency, in governance, and accountability” for the statewide exchange effort and that HCAI is preparing rule and policy updates to align DXF requirements with the statute.

Michael Valle, HCAI deputy director and chief information officer, summarized the statute’s operational effects: it “codif[ies] HCAI’s role as administrator of the DXF program,” clarifies certain organizational definitions such as physician organizations, requires emergency medical services to execute the data-sharing agreement, and directs HCAI to publish lists of required signatories and their compliance status so the public can see who is meeting the data-sharing obligations. Valle said HCAI will be able to refer noncompliant entities to their relevant state licensing agencies, naming the Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) as examples.

Valle said the law also changes stakeholder governance: the HCAI director will appoint members to a reconstituted advisory committee to make formal recommendations on policy, technical assistance, and enforcement. When asked about the membership-selection process, Valle said the director “has authority to…select members,” and noted HCAI has historically worked with trade associations and other groups to identify candidates.

HCAI announced procedural timelines tied to the statute. Jacob Parkinson said the department will begin a brief public comment period on policy-and-procedure (PNP) changes the next week and expects to publish a full PNP amendment early in 2026. Parkinson said, and Rym Cothran later reiterated, that any new PNP requirement will take effect at least 180 days after publication.

On compliance reporting, HCAI said it will begin publicly listing in January 2027 the entities required to sign the Data Sharing Agreement (DSA) and indicate which have signed and which are compliant. The department described work in 2026 to develop denominators (the full set of entities required to sign) so compliance percentages can be calculated by category.

The meeting closed without any formal votes or recommendations; no members of the public offered spoken comment during the allotted public-comment window. HCAI directed stakeholders to the DXF webpage and to the department listserv (dxf@hi.ca.gov) for updates and ways to participate in forthcoming advisory appointments and public-comment opportunities.