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MN HF4357
Bill
Status
3/11/2020
Primary Sponsor
John Lesch
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AI Summary
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Prohibits health care providers or facilities from withholding or refusing services to a patient solely because the patient or their legally authorized representative refuses to sign or alters a consent form.
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Applies to consent forms required under Minnesota Statutes section 144.293 (patient consent to release of records) and section 144.295.
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Maintains existing requirements that providers cannot release patient health records without signed consent, legal authorization, or representation from another provider holding signed consent.
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Amends Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 144.293, subdivision 2.
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Authored by Representative Lesch and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy on March 11, 2020.
Legislative Description
Health care facilities or providers prohibited from denying services due to patient refusal to sign consent form.
Last Action
Introduction and first reading, referred to Health and Human Services Policy
3/11/2020