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Committee considers extending hospital medical-record retention to 26 years
Summary
House Bill 1394 would set a uniform 26-year retention period for hospital medical records, replacing the current adult/minor-specific schedules; UW Medicine and other major health systems testified in support citing storage costs and administrative burdens.
The House Health Care & Wellness Committee took public testimony on House Bill 1394, a measure to set a 26-year minimum retention period for hospital medical records.
Staff told the committee current law requires hospitals to retain adult records for 10 years after most recent discharge and pediatric records for three years after the patient turns 18 or 10 years after most recent discharge, whichever is later. HB 1394 would make the retention period 26 years from the date the record was created for both adults and…
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