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The Patient Records Bill
Kansas bill lets doctors charge for patient records
Allowing healthcare providers to charge fees to furnish a patient's healthcare records and providing for the disclosure of a deceased patient's healthcare records to certain individuals.
Mixed: some good, some bad ·
If passed, Kansas doctors could charge patients for copies of their medical records, making it harder for people to get their own health information.
Our take
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Families could more easily get a dead relative’s records, but living patients might have to pay extra to see their own charts. That could add cost and slow down treatment.
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The facts
What the bill actually says, no spin.
- Bill would let health providers charge fees for furnishing patient records.
- Bill would allow disclosure of a deceased patient’s records to certain individuals.
- The bill was introduced in the Kansas House and sent to the Health and Human Services Committee.
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