Assembly Bill A398

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to access to recorded personal medical information by individuals

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2019-A398 (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
2013-2014: A1053
2015-2016: A2209
2017-2018: A120
2021-2022: A869

2019-A398 (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.

2019-A398 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    398
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. CAHILL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK,
   PAULIN, WEPRIN -- 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:
   § 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.
   § 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.
                                                            LBD01932-01-9

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