WA SB5254

Caps fees at $50 for providing electronic health care records in electronic format to patients, their representatives, attorneys, health care providers, patient-designated advocates, or guardians

Requires the Department of Health to adopt rules establishing reasonable fee standards for accessing health care information, based on actual costs of searching and producing records rather than per-page calculations

Expands who may sign a valid disclosure authorization to include any person or entity designated by the patient to receive the information

Mandates that prevailing patients in enforcement actions receive reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses, with "prevailing patient" defined to include the patient, their legal representative, power of attorney, guardian, or estate

Requires health care providers to respond to records requests within 15 working days (previously stated as "fifteen") and assist designated recipients with obtaining records rather than simply providing copies