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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3264 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2373 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr. |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to medical records requests. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr.5th Worcester1/17/2025Paul McMurtry11th Norfolk2/17/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3264 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2373 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Berthiaume of Spencer, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2373) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr. and Paul McMurtry relative to medical records requests. Public |
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| 20 | 20 | | Health. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act relative to medical records requests. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 Chapter 118I of the General Laws, as so appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2amended by adding the following new section:- |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3 Section 17. (a) Upon request, a provider shall supply to a patient or a patient's authorized |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4representative within 15 business days of receiving a written request for medical records |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5complete and current information possessed by that provider concerning any diagnosis, |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6treatment, and prognosis of the patient in terms and language the patient can reasonably be |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7expected to understand. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8 (b) Except as provided in section (a), upon a patient's written request, a provider, at a |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9reasonable cost to the patient, shall promptly furnish to the patient or the patient's authorized |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10representative within 15 business days of receiving a written request for medical records: 2 of 2 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11 (1) copies of the patient's health record, including but not limited to laboratory reports, x- |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12rays, prescriptions, and other technical information used in assessing the patient's health |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13conditions; or |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14 (2) the pertinent portion of the record relating to a condition specified by the patient. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15 With the consent of the patient, the provider may instead furnish only a summary of the record. |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16The provider may exclude from the health record written speculations about the patient's health |
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| 45 | 45 | | 17condition, except that all information necessary for the patient's informed consent must be |
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| 46 | 46 | | 18provided. |
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