Bill Text: MS SB2303 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Medical records; revise entities charged a reasonable fee for providing.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2012-03-06 - Died In Committee [SB2303 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2012-SB2303-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2012 Regular Session

To: Public Health and Welfare

By: Senator(s) Fillingane

Senate Bill 2303

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 11-1-52, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE AND CLARIFY THE REASONABLE RATES THAT MAY BE CHARGED BY A PROVIDER FOR MEDICAL RECORDS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 11-1-52, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     11-1-52.  (1)  (a)  Any medical provider or hospital or nursing home or other medical facility shall charge no more than the * * * amounts listed in paragraph (b) of this subsection for photocopying any patient's medical records or medical billing records if the request is made by a patient, a patient's representative, or by another person pursuant to a release executed by the patient or a person authorized to act on the patient's behalf.

          (b)  (i)  1.  Twenty Dollars ($20.00) for pages one (1) through twenty (20);

                   2.  One Dollar ($1.00) per page for the next eighty (80) pages;

                   3.  Fifty Cents (50¢) per page for all pages thereafter.

              (ii)  Ten percent (10%) of the total charge may be added for postage and handling.

              (iii)  Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) may be recovered by the medical provider or hospital or nursing home or other medical facility for retrieving medical records or medical billing records in archives at a location off the premises where the facility/office is located.

     (2)  A physician shall only charge normal, reasonable and customary charges for a deposition related to a patient that the physician is treating or has treated.

     (3)  Any medical provider, hospital, nursing home or other medical facility shall charge no more than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) for executing an * * * affidavit when the affidavit is to authenticate records requested under subsection (1) of this section.

     (4)  In charging the fees authorized under subsection (1) of this section, the medical provider, hospital, nursing home or other medical facility shall comply with the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2012.

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