Bill Title: Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of the Part of the Code concerning copying fees for medical records, a health care facility or health care practitioner shall not charge more than $20 for the expense of reproducing a patient's records if those records are requested in connection with a claim or appeal under any provision of the federal Social Security Act. Provides that 5 years after the effective date of the amendatory Act: (i) the new provisions limiting certain fees to $20 become inoperative; and (ii) a health care facility or health care practitioner shall not charge any fee to reproduce a patient's records if those records are requested in support of an application for benefits under the Titles of the federal Social Security Act concerning federal old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income for the aged, blind, and disabled.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-24 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3845 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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