Senate Bill S6848

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Establishes the reasonable charge for electronic copies of medical records and patient information

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-S6848 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9022
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง17 & 18, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S421, A1474
2017-2018: S1294, A1925
2019-2020: A4120
2021-2022: A4924
2023-2024: A2667

2013-S6848 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the reasonable charge for electronic copies of medical records and patient information.

2013-S6848 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S6848 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6848

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 19, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  MARCELLINO  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  establishing  the
  reasonable charge for electronic copies of medical records and patient
  information

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The first undesignated  paragraph  of  section  17  of  the
public  health  law,  as  amended by chapter 576 of the laws of 1998, is
amended to read as follows:
  Upon the written request of any competent patient, parent or  guardian
of an infant, a guardian appointed pursuant to article eighty-one of the
mental  hygiene  law,  or  conservator  of  a conservatee, an examining,
consulting or treating physician or hospital must release  and  deliver,
exclusive of personal notes of the said physician or hospital, copies of
all  x-rays,  medical  records and test records including all laboratory
tests regarding that patient to any other designated physician or hospi-
tal provided, however, that such records concerning the treatment of  an
infant  patient  for  venereal disease or the performance of an abortion
operation upon such infant patient shall  not  be  released  or  in  any
manner  be  made available to the parent or guardian of such infant, and
provided, further, that original mammograms, rather than copies thereof,
shall be released and delivered. Either the physician or hospital incur-
ring the expense of providing copies of x-rays, medical records and test
records including all laboratory tests pursuant  to  the  provisions  of
this  section  may  impose  a reasonable charge to be paid by the person
requesting the release and deliverance of such records as  reimbursement
for such expenses, provided, however, that the physician or hospital may
not  impose a charge for copying an original mammogram when the original
has been released or delivered to any competent patient, parent or guar-
dian of an infant, a guardian appointed pursuant to  article  eighty-one
of  the  mental  hygiene  law,  or  a  conservator  of a conservatee and
provided, further, that any charge for delivering an original  mammogram
pursuant  to  this section shall not exceed the documented costs associ-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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