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CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP ORT DIGEST
HB 188 2021 Regular Session Beaullieu
Keyword and oneliner of the instrument as it left the House
HEALTH CARE/RECORDS: Provides with respect to healthcare records
Report adopts Senate amendments to:
1. Remove the limitation on the ability of insurers to request health records for underwriting
purposes only.
2. Define "authorization" as required for a patient's insurer to receive requested medical records.
Digest of the bill as proposed by the Conference Committee
Present law provides that a patient or his legal representative shall have a right to obtain a copy of
the patient's entire medical records related in any way to the patient upon furnishing a signed
authorization.
Present law defines "authorized" as a consent, an approval, or an authorization between persons.
Proposed law retains present law and adds that a life, health, disability, or long-term care insurance
company or its counsel, who has been authorized, as defined by present law, by the patient, shall
have a right to obtain a copy of a patient's entire medical record.
(Amends R.S. 40:1165.1(A)(2)(b)(i))