Report Title:
Medical Records
Description:
Permits a patient's attorney with proper authorization for the patient's records to copy, scan, and print the patient's medical records at the health care provider's premises.
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TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2008 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to medical records.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 622-57, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) If an attorney for a patient asks a
health care provider for copies of the patient's medical records and presents a
proper authorization from the patient for the release of the information,
complete and accurate copies of the records shall be given to the attorney
within a reasonable time not to exceed ten working days[.] or permit
the copying, scanning, or printing of medical records at the health care
provider's premises within ten working days at a charge not to exceed $ ."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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