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AZ HB2346

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/27/2025

Primary Sponsor

Laurin Hendrix

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)

AI Summary

  • Amends Arizona Revised Statutes Section 12-2295 to cap reproduction fees for medical records at $1 per page.
  • Health care providers may require advance payment of fees except when necessary for continuity of care.
  • Prohibits charging for medical records provided to another health care provider for continuing care, to patients for obtaining health care, or to patients' legal decision-makers for health care purposes.
  • Exempts from fees records provided to the Arizona Medical Board, Board of Osteopathic Examiners, Department of Health Services, or local health departments as required by law.
  • Allows free medical records for patients appealing Social Security benefits denials; subsequent requests in the same calendar year are subject to the $1 per page fee.

Legislative Description

Medical records; reproduction; fee

Fees

Last Action

House HHS Committee action: Held, voting: (0-0-0-0-0-0)

2/10/2025

Committee Referrals

Rules1/27/2025
Health and Human Services1/27/2025

Full Bill Text

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