Tennessee House Bill 1071

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 31 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2024-03-18 - Sponsor(s) Added.
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]

As introduced, authorizes a hospital or healthcare provider to charge, in response to a request for copies of records for an individual to appeal a denial of social security disability insurance or supplemental security income, a patient, patient representative, or other person authorized by the patient the reimbursement amount that disability determination services reimburses the hospital or provider for such records pursuant to federal social security administration medical record payment rates; prohibits a hospital or provider from charging a search fee if no records are located in response to the request. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 2 and Title 68, Chapter 11.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63, Chapter 2 and Title 68, Chapter 11, relative to medical records.

Rep. Michele Carringer [R]

Rep. Aftyn Behn [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-18	House	Sponsor(s) Added.
2023-02-07	House	Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee
2023-02-02	House	P2C, ref. to Health Committee
2023-02-01	House	Intro., P1C.
2023-01-31	House	Filed for introduction

SB1393 (Crossfiled) 2023-03-22 - Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1071&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1071.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/HB1071.pdf