What are the consequences for violating patient privacy laws?

BIRMINGHAM, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 14: A doctor at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham does his rounds on the wards on June 14, 2006 in Birmingham, England. Senior managers of the NHS have said that the organisation needs to become more open in the future.

Hospital laws to prevent a breach in patient privacy don't mean much unless they're properly and consistently enforced, and that may not be happening.

In 2008, California lawmakers passed a law which forces hospitals to swiftly report whenever a patient's privacy is breached. Another first of its kind law gave the state power to levy fines for such violations.

But the laws don't mean much unless they're properly and consistently enforced, and that may not be happening.

Charles Ornstein from ProPublica joins Take Two's Alex Cohen to share his investigation andwhat's been happening throughout the state .

Click here to read ProPublica's full story on the consequences of violating patience privacy