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| 23 | | - | medical records to another institution (1) immediately, if such request 4 |
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| 24 | | - | is urgent, or (2) not later than two business days after such request is 5 |
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| 26 | | - | Sec. 2. Subsection (d) of section 20-7c of the general statutes is 7 |
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| 29 | | - | (d) Upon a written request of a patient, a patient's attorney or 10 |
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| 30 | | - | authorized representative, or pursuant to a written authorization, a 11 |
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| 31 | | - | provider, except as provided in section 4-194, shall furnish to the 12 |
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| 32 | | - | person making such request a copy of the patient's health record, 13 |
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| 33 | | - | including but not limited to, bills, x-rays and copies of laboratory 14 |
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| 34 | | - | reports, contact lens specifications based on examinations and final 15 |
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| 35 | | - | contact lens fittings given within the preceding three months or such 16 |
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| 36 | | - | longer period of time as determined by the provider but no longer 17 |
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| 45 | | - | provider shall refuse to return to a patient original records or copies of 20 |
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| 46 | | - | records that the patient has brought to the provider from another 21 |
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| 47 | | - | provider. When returning records to a patient, a provider may retain 22 |
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| 48 | | - | copies of such records for the provider's file, provided such provider 23 |
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| 49 | | - | does not charge the patient for the costs incurred in copying such 24 |
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| 50 | | - | records. No provider or other party in possession or control of a 25 |
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| 51 | | - | patient's medical records shall charge a patient, patient's attorney or 26 |
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| 52 | | - | patient's authorized representative more than (1) sixty-five cents per 27 |
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| 53 | | - | page, or (2) any patient rate amount or reasonable cost-based fee 28 |
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| 54 | | - | promulgated under any federal or state law or regulation of 29 |
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| 56 | | - | law or regulation, whichever is less, regardless of whether such patient 31 |
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| 57 | | - | rate amount or reasonable cost-based fee otherwise applies to requests 32 |
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| 58 | | - | by a patient's attorney or patient's authorized representative, including 33 |
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| 59 | | - | any research fees, handling fees or related costs, and the cost of first 34 |
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| 60 | | - | class postage, if applicable, for furnishing a health record pursuant to 35 |
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| 61 | | - | this subsection, except such provider may charge a patient the amount 36 |
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| 62 | | - | necessary to cover the cost of materials for furnishing a copy of an x-37 |
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| 63 | | - | ray, provided no such charge shall be made for furnishing a health 38 |
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| 64 | | - | record or part thereof to a patient, a patient's attorney or authorized 39 |
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| 65 | | - | representative if the record or part thereof is necessary for the purpose 40 |
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| 66 | | - | of supporting a claim or appeal under any provision of the Social 41 |
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| 67 | | - | Security Act or a claim or appeal for veterans' benefits under any 42 |
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| 68 | | - | provision of Title 38 of the United States Code or chapter 506 and the 43 |
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| 69 | | - | request is accompanied by documentation of the claim or appeal. A 44 |
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| 70 | | - | provider shall furnish a health record requested pursuant to this 45 |
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| 71 | | - | section within thirty days of the request. No health care provider, who 46 |
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| 72 | | - | has purchased or assumed the practice of a provider who is retiring or 47 |
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| 73 | | - | deceased, may refuse to return original records or copied records to a 48 |
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| 74 | | - | patient who decides not to seek care from the successor provider. 49 |
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| 75 | | - | When returning records to a patient who has decided not to seek care 50 |
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| 76 | | - | from a successor provider, such provider may not charge a patient for 51 |
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| 77 | | - | costs incurred in copying the records of the retired or deceased 52 |
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| 25 | + | in section 19a-490 of the general statutes, shall, upon receipt of a patient-2 |
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| 26 | + | approved medical records request, transfer such patient's medical 3 |
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| 27 | + | records to another institution (1) immediately, if such request is urgent, 4 |
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| 28 | + | or (2) not later than twenty-four hours after such request is made, if such 5 |
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