Report Title:
Evidence; Availability of Medical Records
Description:
Requires a patient's medical records to be copied, scanned, or printed at a health care provider's premises, upon proper authorization, within ten working days at a charge not to exceed $25.
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THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
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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, the
health care provider shall provide the attorney with 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 the medical records at the health care
provider's premises within ten working days at a charge not to exceed $25."
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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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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