Bill Text: HI SB3012 | 2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Medical Records; Social Security Act
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-03-21 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with Representative(s) Fale voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) McDermott voting no (1) and Representative(s) Tokioka, Ward, Yamane excused (3). [SB3012 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2014-SB3012-Amended.html
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO MEDICAL RECORDS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 622-57, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (g) to read as follows:
"(g) Reasonable costs incurred by a
health care provider in making copies of medical records shall be borne by the
requesting person[.]; provided that health care providers may charge
a flat fee of $15.60, or the amount currently approved by the Social Security
Administration, whichever amount is greater, to a patient for copies of medical
records necessary to support a claim or appeal under any provision of the
Social Security Act, title 42 United States Code section 301 et seq.; or may
provide such records free of charge to a patient."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Medical Records; Social Security Act
Description:
Allows health care providers to provide medical records to patients for a flat rate of $15.60, or the amount currently approved by the Social Security Administration, whichever amount is greater, if the request is for the purposes of a claim or appeal under any provision of the Social Security Act; or for free. Effective July 1, 2050. (SB3012 HD1)
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