Assembly Bill A9302

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Limits fees that may be exacted for the production of records relating to the condition or treatment of a patient

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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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2021-A9302 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Civil Practice Law and Rules
Laws Affected:
Amd §2306, CPLR; ren §18 to be §18-c, amd §18, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A11204
2011-2012: A2628
2013-2014: A912
2015-2016: A3425
2017-2018: A5434
2019-2020: A4041
2023-2024: A772

2021-A9302 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that notwithstanding the provisions of the public health law, no other fee other than those authorized by section 2303 (a) of the civil practice law and rules may be exacted or levied for the production of records relating to the condition or treatment of a patient; relates to access by an adverse party to medical records.

2021-A9302 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9302
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 23, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. QUART --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to fees
   charged by medical record custodians for production of records  pursu-
   ant  to  subpoena  duces tecum; and to amend the public health law, in
   relation to access by an adverse party to medical records

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 2306 of the civil practice law and rules is amended
 by adding a new subdivision (c) to read as follows:
   (C)  FEES. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, NO
 FEE, OTHER THAN THOSE AUTHORIZED BY SUBDIVISION (A) OF  SECTION  TWENTY-
 THREE  HUNDRED  THREE  OF THIS ARTICLE, MAY BE EXACTED OR LEVIED FOR THE
 PRODUCTION OF RECORDS RELATING  TO  THE  CONDITION  OR  TREATMENT  OF  A
 PATIENT.
   §  2.  Section 18 of the public health law, as added by chapter 800 of
 the laws of 1986, is renumbered section 18-c.
   § 3. Paragraph (g) of subdivision 1 of section 18 of the public health
 law, as amended by chapter 634 of the laws of 2004, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   (g)  "Qualified  person"  means any properly identified subject; OR AN
 ADVERSE PARTY; or a guardian appointed under article eighty-one  of  the
 mental hygiene law; or a parent of an infant; or a guardian of an infant
 appointed under article seventeen of the surrogate's court procedure act
 or  other legally appointed guardian of an infant who may be entitled to
 request access to a clinical record under paragraph (c)  of  subdivision
 two  of  this section; or a distributee of any deceased subject for whom
 no personal representative, as defined in the estates, powers and trusts
 law, has been appointed; or an attorney representing a qualified  person
 or the subject's estate who holds a power of attorney from the qualified
 person  or  the  subject's  estate  explicitly authorizing the holder to
 execute a written request for patient information under this section.  A
 qualified person shall be deemed a "personal representative of the indi-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14271-01-2
              

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