New Entities– Psych Hospitals, Long-Term Care, Small Clinics – Required To Participate In California’s Data Exchange By January 2026

By the end of January 2026, California’s psychiatric hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals, and small non-profit clinics and physician practices will be required to participate in the statewide, secure, and real-time date exchange under the state’s Data Exchange Framework (DxF). They will share and receive consumer health and social service information to facilitate whole person care. Many health care entities in the state have already become DxF participants by signing the DxF Data Sharing Agreement (DSA), which establishes a common set of policies and procedures that govern the exchange of health and social services information (HSSI) between health . . .