Rep. Foster Introduces Bill to Make Medical Records Free for Patients

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“a health care provider may only impose a fee on such individual if the individual is requesting-- ``(i) a duplicate copy (or summary or explanation) of protected health information that was previously provided to such individual in the same calendar year of the request”

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“``(ii) a non-electronic copy (or summary or explanation) of protected health information that the health care provider has made accessible for the individual, at no cost, on an online portal of the health care provider.”

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“In providing an individual (and, if the individual expressly requests, a health care provider or a family caregiver) with access to a copy of such individual's protected health information”

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“Nothing in this subsection may be construed as requiring a health care provider to provide, at no cost, a copy of an individual's protected health information (or a summary or explanation of such information) to any attorney of such individual.”

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“This subsection shall apply with respect to requests for access to protected health information made on or after the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection.”