Bill Text: TX SB1520 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to duties of physicians and certain other entities regarding patient records.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-19 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB1520 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1520-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to duties of physicians and certain other entities regarding patient records.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-19 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB1520 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1520-Introduced.html
By: Hancock | S.B. No. 1520 | |
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relating to certain duties of physicians regarding patient records. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 159.008, Occupations Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(a) Except as provided by Subsections [ |
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(c), a physician: | ||
(1) may charge a reasonable fee, as prescribed by | ||
board rule, for copying billing or medical records; and | ||
(2) is not required to permit examination or copying | ||
of the records until the fee is paid unless there is a medical | ||
emergency. | ||
(c) A physician may not charge a fee for copying or | ||
furnishing a copy of patient's billing or medical records to a | ||
subsequent or consulting physician of the patient under Section | ||
159.006(c) or to the patient in excess of: | ||
(1) for providing the requested records in paper | ||
format, no charge for the first 50 pages and $0.10 per page | ||
thereafter; or | ||
(2) for providing the requested records in electronic | ||
format, no charge. | ||
SECTION 2. Chapter 159, Occupations Code, is amended by | ||
adding Section 159.011 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 159.011. NOTICE TO PATIENT OF PHYSICIAN RETIREMENT, | ||
RELOCATION, OR TERMINATION. (a) The board by rule may require | ||
that a physician notify the physician's patients before retiring, | ||
relocating, or terminating employment and provide the patients the | ||
opportunity to request copies of billing or medical records under | ||
Section 159.006. | ||
(b) A contract provision may not nullify a requirement | ||
adopted under Subsection (a). | ||
SECTION 3. Section 159.011, Occupations Code, as added by | ||
this Act, applies only to a contract entered into or renewed on or | ||
after the effective date of this Act. A contract entered into or | ||
renewed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law | ||
in effect on the date the contract was entered into or renewed, and | ||
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |