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2004 SESSION
HB 877 Health records; procedure for certain patients to obtain access to their records.
Introduced by: John M. O'Bannon, III | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Health records privacy; procedure for certain patients to obtain access to their records. Revises the various laws setting out an exception to the patient's traditional access to his own health records to provide consistency with a new procedure that must be used to ensure fair appraisal of the judgment of a treating physician or clinical psychologist concerning the potential harm to the patient or others that could result from such access. This provision revises the standard by which a patient can be denied access to his records to require the treating physician or clinical psychologist to find that a review of the individual's health records would be reasonably likely to endanger the life or physical safety of the individual or another person, or that a reference in the health records to another person would be reasonably likely to cause substantial harm to the referenced person. The individual may designate a reviewing physician or clinical psychologist at his own expense, or the relevant health care provider or insurance entity denying access to the health record will designate a reviewing physician or clinical psychologist at the expense of the relevant health care provider or insurance entity. The designated physician or clinical psychologist will make a judgment as to whether the health record should be made available to the individual. The access decision of the designated reviewing physician or clinical psychologist must be followed.
FULL TEXT
- 01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 044640440 pdf
- 01/27/04 House: Committee substitute printed 043135440-H1 pdf
- 02/26/04 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB877ER) pdf
- 03/11/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0065) pdf
- 03/11/04 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB877ER2) pdf
- 03/17/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text reprinted (CHAP0065) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 044640440
- 01/14/04 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/27/04 House: Reported from H. W. I. w/substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/04 House: Committee substitute printed 043135440-H1
- 01/28/04 House: Read first time
- 01/29/04 House: Read second time
- 01/29/04 House: Committee substitute agreed to 043135440-H1
- 01/29/04 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB877H1
- 01/30/04 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/04 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/04 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/02/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/02/04 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/12/04 Senate: Reported from Ed. & H. with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/04 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (36-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/04 Senate: Read third time
- 02/16/04 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/16/04 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/16/04 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/16/04 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/04 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/04 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/18/04 House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/04 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/04 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB877ER)
- 02/26/04 House: Enrolled
- 02/27/04 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/29/04 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/09/04 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 03/09/04 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/10/04 House: House concurred in Gov's recommendation (99-Y 0-N)
- 03/10/04 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (99-Y 0-N)
- 03/11/04 Senate: Senate concurred in Gov's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/11/04 Senate: VOTE: ADOPT GOV. RECOMM. (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/11/04 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 03/11/04 House: Reenrolled
- 03/11/04 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 03/11/04 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 03/11/04 House: Enacted, Chapter 65 (effective 7/1/04)
- 03/11/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0065)
- 03/11/04 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB877ER2)
- 03/17/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text reprinted (CHAP0065)