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2000 SESSION

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SB 702 Medical records.

Introduced by: Patricia S. Ticer | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Medical records. Ensures that the patient's consent is required for obtaining medical records in many situations; establishes that the medical records belong to the provider maintaining them and the patient; prohibits the charging of fees to the patient for his medical record; strikes the sentence rendering confidential communications with a practitioner and information otherwise acquired by the provider in the delivery of care a part of the patient's record; and modifies the list of persons who may receive the patient's records to place the patient first instead of twentieth. Technical renumbering is also included.

FULL TEXT

• 01/24/00  Senate: Presented & ordered printed 000207544  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/24/00  Senate: Presented & ordered printed 000207544
• 01/24/00  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 02/10/00  Senate: Stricken from docket by Ed. & Health (15-Y 0-N)