MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2004 1st Extraordinary Session
To: Judiciary, Division A
By: Senator(s) Ross, Little, Robertson, Doxey, Albritton, Burton, Dawkins
AN ACT TO PROVIDE LIMITATIONS ON THE CHARGES PERMITTED FOR PHOTOCOPYING PATIENTS' RECORDS BY ANY MEDICAL PROVIDER; TO REQUIRE REASONABLE CHARGES FOR DEPOSITIONS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. (1) Any medical provider or hospital or nursing home or other medical facility shall charge no more than the following amounts to patients or their representatives for photocopying any patient's records: Twenty Dollars ($20.00) for pages one (1) through twenty (20); One Dollar ($1.00) per page for the next eighty (80) pages; Fifty Cents (50¢) per page for all pages thereafter. Ten percent (10%) of the total charge may be added for postage and handling. Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) may be recovered by the medical provider or hospital or nursing home or other medical facility for retrieving medical records in archives at a location off the premises where the facility/office is located.
(2) A physician shall only charge normal, reasonable and customary charges for a deposition related to a patient that the physician is treating or has treated.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2004.