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IN HB1196
Bill
Status
1/9/2018
Primary Sponsor
Mike Speedy
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AI Summary
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Amends IC 16-39-1-1 to require health care providers to furnish diagnostic billing codes and procedural billing codes for each diagnosis and health care service rendered to a patient upon written request.
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Patients or their designees may request these billing codes at their option when requesting health records, in addition to copies of the full health record or pertinent portions relating to specific conditions.
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Requests for billing codes are valid for 60 days after the date the request is made.
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The requirement applies to all health records except mental health records (governed by separate statutes) and communicable disease or substance abuse records (governed by federal regulations).
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Effective date is July 1, 2018.
Legislative Description
Provider diagnostic information release. Requires a health care provider, upon the request of a patient or the patient's designee, to provide the diagnostic billing code and procedural billing code for each diagnosis and health care procedure rendered to the patient.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
1/9/2018