Bill > S2600

This bill seeks to improve the portability and accessibility of personal health information. It defines key terms such as "Hospital/Clinic," "Patient," and "Authorized Third Party," and mandates that medical records must be kept in secure electronic format. The bill also caps the fees that hospitals and clinics can charge patients for accessing their medical records, limiting it to a base administrative fee of no more than $15 plus the reasonable cost of the electronic storage device used to provide the records, not exceeding $10 per device. For authorized third parties, the base administrative fee is capped at $50 plus the cost of the storage device. The overall goal of the bill is to make it easier and more affordable for patients to access and control their personal health information.

Health and Social Services

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S2600