General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 326
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 2550
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
SEN. MARKLEY, 16th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 326
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 2550
*02550*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
SEN. MARKLEY, 16th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING ACCESS TO MEDICAL RECORDS AND THE FEES CHARGED FOR MEDICAL RECORDS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to require a health care provider or health care facility to: (1) Furnish a patient's health record to the patient's personal representative, including (A) the patient's parent, guardian or other person with authority to act on behalf of the patient, and (B) the executor, administrator or other person authorized to act on behalf of a deceased patient; (2) produce a patient health record pursuant to a subpoena or court order; (3) charge for reproduction of medical records at the rates of: (A) Sixty-five cents per page, (B) a research and handling fee of twenty dollars, except if requested by a patient or personal representative for which there shall be no research and handling fee, and (C) a certification fee of ten dollars, if certification is requested, which fees shall be increased based on changes in the consumer price index; and (4) produce records in an electronic format if the request is for records in an electronic format and the requested records are maintained and can be transmitted in an electronic format.
Statement of Purpose:
To make changes to the statutes concerning access to medical records and the fees charged for medical records to conform with changes in the health care industry.