Assembly Bill A1053

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to access to recorded personal medical information by individuals

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A1053 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Add §323, Ins L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A685
2011-2012: A158
2015-2016: A2209
2017-2018: A120
2019-2020: A398
2021-2022: A869

2013-A1053 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to access to recorded personal medical information by individuals; allows individuals access to their recorded personal medical records and limits any insurance institution, agent or insurance-support organization from charging more than one dollar per page to cover the costs incurred in providing a copy of such information to the individual.

2013-A1053 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1053

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. CAHILL, JACOBS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  BRENNAN, COOK, MILLMAN, PAULIN, WEISENBERG -- read once  and  referred
  to the Committee on Insurance

AN  ACT  to  amend  the insurance law, in relation to access to recorded
  personal medical information

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The insurance law is amended by adding a new section 323 to
read as follows:
  S 323. ACCESS TO PERSONAL MEDICAL INFORMATION. IF AN INDIVIDUAL, AFTER
PROPER  IDENTIFICATION, SUBMITS A WRITTEN REQUEST TO AN INSURANCE INSTI-
TUTION, AGENT, OR INSURANCE-SUPPORT ORGANIZATION FOR ACCESS TO  RECORDED
PERSONAL  MEDICAL  INFORMATION ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL WHICH INFORMATION IS
REASONABLY DESCRIBED BY THE INDIVIDUAL, THE INSURANCE INSTITUTION, AGENT
OR INSURANCE-SUPPORT ORGANIZATION MAY CHARGE A REASONABLE  FEE,  NOT  TO
EXCEED ONE DOLLAR PER PAGE, TO BE PAID BY THE PERSON MAKING SUCH REQUEST
TO COVER THE COSTS INCURRED IN PROVIDING A COPY OF THE RECORDED PERSONAL
MEDICAL INFORMATION TO SUCH INDIVIDUAL.
  S  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  on  the first of September next
succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03658-01-3

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