REPORT OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

 

MR. SPEAKER AND MADAM PRESIDENT:

 

   We, the undersigned conferees, have had under consideration the amendments to the following entitled BILL:

 

H. B. No. 1235:  Medical records affidavits; limit amount medical providers may charge.

 

  We, therefore, respectfully submit the following report and recommendation:

 

  1.  That the Senate recede from its Amendment No. 1.

 

  2.  That the House and Senate adopt the following amendment:

 

     Amend by striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

 

     SECTION 1.  Section 11-1-52, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     11-1-52.  (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.

     (3)  Any medical provider, hospital, nursing home or other medical facility shall charge no more than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) for executing a medical record affidavit, when the affidavit is requested by the patient or the patient's representative.

     (4)  In charging the fees authorized under subsection (1) of this section, the medical provider, hospital, nursing home or other medical facility shall comply with the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

     Further, amend by striking the title in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

 

     AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 11-1-52, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT MEDICAL PROVIDERS CAN CHARGE FOR A MEDICAL RECORD AFFIDAVIT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

 

CONFEREES FOR THE HOUSE           CONFEREES FOR THE SENATE

X (SIGNED)	X (SIGNED)
D. Stephen Holland	Alan Nunnelee
X (SIGNED)	X (SIGNED)
Frances Fredericks	Joseph C. Thomas
X (SIGNED)	X (SIGNED)
Sidney Bondurant	Tom King

 

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