Bill Text: MN HF2281 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Patient record copying charge by providers decreased.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-16 - Author added Knuth [HF2281 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-HF2281-Introduced.html
1.2relating to health records; decreasing the cost a provider may charge a patient
1.3for copying records;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 144.292,
1.4subdivision 6.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 144.292, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 6. Cost. (a) When a patient requests a copy of the patient's record for
1.8purposes of reviewing current medical care, the provider must not charge a fee.
1.9 (b) When a provider or its representative makes copies of patient records upon a
1.10patient's request under this section, the provider or its representative may charge the
1.11patient or the patient's representative no more than75 ten cents per page, plus $10 for time
1.12spent retrieving and copying the records, unless other law or a rule or contract provide for
1.13a lower maximum charge. This limitation does not apply to x-rays. The provider may
1.14charge a patient no more than the actual cost of reproducing x-rays, plus no more than
1.15$10 for the time spent retrieving and copying the x-rays.
1.16 (c) The respective maximum charges of75 ten cents per page and $10 for time
1.17provided in this subdivision are in effect for calendar year 1992 and may be adjusted
1.18annually each calendar year as provided in this subdivision. The permissible maximum
1.19charges shall change each year by an amount that reflects the change, as compared to the
1.20previous year, in the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers, Minneapolis-St.
1.21Paul (CPI-U), published by the Department of Labor.
1.22 (d) A provider or its representative must not charge a fee to provide copies of records
1.23requested by a patient or the patient's authorized representative if the request for copies
1.24of records is for purposes of appealing a denial of Social Security disability income or
2.1Social Security disability benefits under title II or title XVI of the Social Security Act. For
2.2the purpose of further appeals, a patient may receive no more than two medical record
2.3updates without charge, but only for medical record information previously not provided.
2.4For purposes of this paragraph, a patient's authorized representative does not include units
2.5of state government engaged in the adjudication of Social Security disability claims.
1.3for copying records;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 144.292,
1.4subdivision 6.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 144.292, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 6. Cost. (a) When a patient requests a copy of the patient's record for
1.8purposes of reviewing current medical care, the provider must not charge a fee.
1.9 (b) When a provider or its representative makes copies of patient records upon a
1.10patient's request under this section, the provider or its representative may charge the
1.11patient or the patient's representative no more than
1.12spent retrieving and copying the records, unless other law or a rule or contract provide for
1.13a lower maximum charge. This limitation does not apply to x-rays. The provider may
1.14charge a patient no more than the actual cost of reproducing x-rays, plus no more than
1.15$10 for the time spent retrieving and copying the x-rays.
1.16 (c) The respective maximum charges of
1.17provided in this subdivision are in effect for calendar year 1992 and may be adjusted
1.18annually each calendar year as provided in this subdivision. The permissible maximum
1.19charges shall change each year by an amount that reflects the change, as compared to the
1.20previous year, in the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers, Minneapolis-St.
1.21Paul (CPI-U), published by the Department of Labor.
1.22 (d) A provider or its representative must not charge a fee to provide copies of records
1.23requested by a patient or the patient's authorized representative if the request for copies
1.24of records is for purposes of appealing a denial of Social Security disability income or
2.1Social Security disability benefits under title II or title XVI of the Social Security Act. For
2.2the purpose of further appeals, a patient may receive no more than two medical record
2.3updates without charge, but only for medical record information previously not provided.
2.4For purposes of this paragraph, a patient's authorized representative does not include units
2.5of state government engaged in the adjudication of Social Security disability claims.
