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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5579
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 2286
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. BLUMENTHAL, 147th Dist.
(By Request)
AN ACT CONCERNING PATIENT ACCESS TO MEDICAL RECORDS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That section 20-7c of the general statutes be amended to ensure that 1
a patient is charged the lowest amount allowed under state and federal 2
law for the patient's medical records regardless of whether the patient 3
or the patient's attorney or legal representative requests such record. 4
Statement of Purpose:
To ensure that patients have affordable access to their medical records.