The California Bar would be prohibited from seeking prospective lawyers’ health records under a measure the state Assembly approved July 8.
Senate Bill 544 unanimously cleared the Assembly and returns to the Senate for final action.
The measure would prohibit the California Bar from requesting or seeking to review any medical records relating to mental health, including by obtaining the consent of the applicant to disclose that information.
The only exceptions would be when the applicant sought to use the records to demonstrate good moral character or as a mitigating factor to explain a specific act of misconduct.
California would ...
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