WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                           S.B. 492

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Health - General
Section 4-304(c)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1994 Replacement Volume)

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - State Government
Section 10-621

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1993 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Health - General

4-304.

(c) (1) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBSECTION DO NOT APPLY TO X-RAYS.

(2)      A health care provider may require a person in interest or any other
authorized person who requests a copy of a medical record to pay the cost of copying:

(1) (I) For State facilities regulated by the Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene, as provided in § 10-621 of the State Government Article; or

(2)     (II) For all other health care providers, [the reasonable cost of
providing the information requested] NO MORE THAN THAT AMOUNT CHARGED TO
STATE FACILITIES REGULATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL
HYGIENE, AS PROVIDED IN § 10-621 OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE.

(2) (I) SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPHS (3) AND (4)
PARAGRAPH (3) OF THIS SUBSECTION FOR A COPY OF A MEDICAL RECORD REQUESTED
BY A PERSON IN INTEREST OR ANY OTHER AUTHORIZED PERSON UNDER PARAGRAPH
(1)(II) OF THIS SUBSECTION, A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER MAY CHARGE A FEE FOR
COPYING AND MAILING NOT EXCEEDING 50 CENTS FOR EACH PAGE OF THE MEDICAL
RECORD.

(II) IN ADDITION TO THE FEE CHARGED UNDER SUBPARAGRAPH (I)
OF THIS PARAGRAPH, A HOSPITAL OR A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER MAY CHARGE:

1. A PREPARATION FEE NOT TO EXCEED $17 $15 FOR MEDICAL
RECORD RETRIEVAL AND PREPARATION; AND

2. THE ACTUAL COST FOR POSTAGE AND HANDLING OF THE
MEDICAL RECORD.

(3) ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 1995, THE FEES CHARGED UNDER PARAGRAPH (2)
OF THIS SUBSECTION MAY BE ADJUSTED ANNUALLY FOR INFLATION IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX.

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