Welfare and Institutions Code Section 5330

Compiled January, 2012

Our review of the annotated history reveals the following legislative history (every “c.” below represents a separate legislative bill):

Added: 1967, c. 1667
Amended:
•  1975, c. 1108: inserted, in the introductory provision, “or of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 4330) of Part 1 of Division 4,” (subsequently amended; see 1980 amendment note).
•  1980, c. 676: substituted, in the introductory provision “or of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 11860) of Part 3 of Division 10.5 of the Health and Safety Code” for “or of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 4330) of Part 1 of Division 4”.
•  1998, c. 738: rewrote this section to read as it does currently. Prior to 1998, the statute read as follows:
Any person may bring an action against an individual who has willfully and knowingly released confidential information or records concerning him in violation of the provisions of this chapter, or of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 11860) of Part 3 of Division 10.5 of the Health and Safety Code, for the greater of the following amounts:
(1) Five hundred dollars ($500).
(2) Three times the amount of actual damages, if any, sustained by the plaintiff.
Any person may, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 525) of Title 7 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, bring an action to enjoin the release of confidential information or records in violation of the provisions of this chapter, and may in the same action seek damages as provided in this section.
It is not a prerequisite to an action under this section that the plaintiff suffer or be threatened with actual damages.

 bills affected this section.                          

Tracing Statutory Language:

  • Research fees can be minimized by ordering only the bills that affected specific subdivisions or phrases of interest to you.
  • Changes to statutes can sometimes be determined by the annotations provided by Deering’s, Westlaw, and Lexis.
  • If annotations are not available, one strategy is to look at each chaptered law noted above to observe the changes. Another strategy is to retain us to trace your language and report our findings back to you.

Since 1974, Legislative Intent Service, Inc. has provided the legislative and regulatory history for all state statutes and regulations. You can order legislative history research in two different ways:

  1. Traditional Custom Research for a per-bill fixed research fee, based on time-frame.
  2. Store Research for $300 per bill, available for immediate download here.

We appreciate the opportunity to provide this assistance. Contact us if you have any questions or wish to place an order for custom research or tracing.