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Committee hears bill capping costs for patient access to medical records; opponents warn of operational burden
Summary
Senate Bill 5,254 would cap fees at $50 for a patient or specified parties to obtain a patient's medical records and would replace the current per‑page fee schedule with a standard tied to actual production costs; the committee heard strong testimony both for and against the measure.
The Senate Health and Long Term Care Committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 5,254, legislation that would restrict fees that health care providers, facilities and third‑party vendors may charge when providing a patient's health record to the patient, their representative, a licensed attorney representing the patient, a treating provider, or a community‑based advocate.
Under the bill as described to the committee, providers and third parties would be prohibited from charging more than $50 for furnishing a patient's health information to covered requesters; the existing per‑page statutory schedule would be removed and the Department of Health would be directed to adopt rules establishing a reasonable fee standard based on actual cost rather than a per‑page calculation. Committee staff summarized statutory background, noting…
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