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This bill modifies existing law regarding the provision of medical records by healthcare providers, such as physicians and hospitals, to patients or their authorized representatives. Key provisions include establishing fees for searching, retrieving, and copying records, with specific limits on these charges and annual adjustments based on inflation, and outlining procedures for releasing records of deceased patients to their estates or designated representatives. Importantly, this bill adds a new provision that prohibits healthcare providers from charging any fees for medical or mental health records requested by a patient, former patient, or their attorney or representative when those records are needed to support applications for specific government benefits, including those related to workers' compensation (Chapter 287), Social Security disability (42 U.S.C. Section 401 et seq.), Supplemental Security Income (42 U.S.C. Section 1382 et seq.), Medicare (42 U.S.C. Section 1395 et seq.), and various veterans' benefits (38 U.S.C. Section 1101 et seq. and 38 U.S.C. Section 1501 et seq.). For these specific benefit applications, providers can furnish records in the most cost-effective format, with electronic records required to be in a universally accessible format.

https://house.mo.gov/Bill.aspx?bill=HB3030&year=2026&code=R