Missouri legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Missouri HB1226: Modifies provisions for providing copies of medical records
Status: In committee, May 15, 2025
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
FIRST REGULAR SESSION HOUSE BILL NO. 1226 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE HARDWICK. 2748H.01I JOSEPHENGLER,ChiefClerk To repeal section 191.227, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to medical records. Section A. Section 191.227, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 191.227, to read as follows: 191.227. 1. All physicians, chiropractors, hospitals, dentists, and other duly licensed practitionersin this state, herein called "providers",shall, upon written request ofa patient, or guardian or legally authorized representative of a patient, furnish a copy of his or her record of that patient's health history and treatment rendered to the person submitting a written request,exceptthatsuchrightshallbe limitedtoaccessconsistentwiththepatient'scondition and sound therapeutic treatment as determined by the provider. Beginning August 28, 1994, such record shall be furnished within a reasonable time of the receipt of the request therefor and upon payment of a fee as provided in this section. 2. Health care providers may condition the furnishing of the patient's health care records to the patient, the patient's authorized representative or any other person or entity authorized by law to obtain or reproduce such records upon payment of a fee for: (1) (a) Search and retrieval, in an amount not more than twenty-four dollars and eighty-five cents plus copying in the amount of fifty-seven cents …
Sponsors
- Hardwick, Bill (R, 121) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Referred: Emerging Issues(H)
- : Read Second Time (H)
- : Introduced and Read First Time (H)
Common questions
- What is HB1226?
- HB1226 is a bill in the Missouri Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Modifies provisions for providing copies of medical records.
- What is the status of HB1226?
- In committee as of May 15, 2025. Latest action: Referred: Emerging Issues(H) (May 15, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB1226?
- Hardwick, Bill (R, 121).
- Where is the official record for HB1226?
- On the Missouri Legislature website: https://house.mo.gov/BillContent.aspx?bill=HB1226&year=2025&code=R
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