Bill Text: MN SF44 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Health records copying costs reduction
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-17 - Referred to Health, Human Services and Housing [SF44 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF44-Introduced.html
1.2relating to health records; decreasing the cost a provider may charge a patient
1.3for copying records;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 144.292,
1.4subdivision 6.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, 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 of 75 cents per page and $10 for time provided
1.17in this subdivision are in effect for calendar year 1992 and may be adjusted annually each
1.18calendar year as provided in this subdivision. The permissible maximum charges shall
1.19change each year by an amount that reflects the change, as compared to the previous year,
1.20in the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers, Minneapolis-St. Paul (CPI-U),
1.21published by the Department of Labor.
1.22(d) (c) A provider or its representative may charge the $10 retrieval fee, but must not
1.23charge a per page fee to provide copies of records requested by a patient or the patient's
1.24authorized representative if the request for copies of records is for purposes of appealing
2.1a denial of Social Security disability income or Social Security disability benefits under
2.2title II or title XVI of the Social Security Act; except that no fee shall be charged to a
2.3person who is receiving public assistance, who is represented by an attorney on behalf of
2.4a civil legal services program or a volunteer attorney program based on indigency. For
2.5the purpose of further appeals, a patient may receive no more than two medical record
2.6updates without charge, but only for medical record information previously not provided.
2.7For purposes of this paragraph, a patient's authorized representative does not include units
2.8of state government engaged in the adjudication of Social Security disability claims.
1.3for copying records;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 144.292,
1.4subdivision 6.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, 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.
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1.23charge a per page fee to provide copies of records requested by a patient or the patient's
1.24authorized representative if the request for copies of records is for purposes of appealing
2.1a denial of Social Security disability income or Social Security disability benefits under
2.2title II or title XVI of the Social Security Act; except that no fee shall be charged to a
2.3person who is receiving public assistance, who is represented by an attorney on behalf of
2.4a civil legal services program or a volunteer attorney program based on indigency. For
2.5the purpose of further appeals, a patient may receive no more than two medical record
2.6updates without charge, but only for medical record information previously not provided.
2.7For purposes of this paragraph, a patient's authorized representative does not include units
2.8of state government engaged in the adjudication of Social Security disability claims.
