Report Title:

Medical Copying Fees

Description:

Limits costs of copying medical records for documentary evidence to not more than a total of $1 for any number of pages up to the first 50 pages and not more than $0.50 for each page in excess of 50. Limits to unspecified amounts the cost for copying: (1) electronic documents and microfilm documents; and (2) x-rays.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2902

TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2006

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to medical records.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. The legislature recognizes that there exists a disparity in the amount of fees assessed by hospitals and health care providers for copying medical records for purposes of documentary evidence. The purpose of this Act is to establish a schedule of fees that medical facilities, including hospitals, offices of a medical group practice, physicians' offices, or other facilities that keep medical records, are permitted to assess to copy medical records.

SECTION 2. Section 622-56, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

"(a) All copies of medical records requested under this part shall be paid for by the person, board, commission, or tribunal requesting such records. The reasonable cost shall be [based on the actual cost of preparation.] not more than a total of $      for any number of pages up to the first fifty pages and not more than      cents for each page in excess of fifty pages."

SECTION 3. Section 622-57, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (g) to read as follows:

"(g) Reasonable costs incurred by a health care provider in making copies of medical records shall be borne by the requesting person. The reasonable cost of reproducing written or typed documents or reports shall not be more than a total of $      for any number of pages up to the first fifty pages and not more than      cents for each page in excess of fifty pages. The reasonable cost of reproducing electronic documents and documents stored on microfilm shall not be more than              . The reasonable cost of reproducing x-rays shall be not more than             ."

SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.