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Medical records: access.

It became law on Oct 5, 2017.

CA SB 241 · Senate Bill · 2017–2018

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Became law
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Latest action
Oct 5, 2017

What it does

Existing law governs a patient's access to his or her health records. Existing law requires a health care provider to provide a patient or his or her representative with all or any part of the patient's medical records that the patient has a right to inspect, subject to the payment of clerical costs incurred in locating and making the records available, following a written request from the patient. If the patient or patient's representative presents proof to the provider that the records are needed to support an appeal regarding eligibility for a public benefit program, as defined, the health care provider must provide one copy of the relevant portion of the patient's record at no charge…

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Where it stands

This bill passed and is now law.

  1. Introduced (Done)

  2. Committee (Done)

  3. Floor (Done)

  4. Law (Done)

    Oct 5, 2017

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Where it goes next

Once a bill is decided, the questions are about what is done with it in California.

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