What's happening
This bill allows individuals to request their recorded personal medical information from insurance entities for a fee capped at $1 per page.
Why it matters
Empowers individuals to access their own medical data. By allowing people to directly request their recorded medical information from insurance-related entities, this bill increases personal control over sensitive health information, which can be essential for managing care, seeking second opinions, or preparing legal documents.
Limits potential financial barriers. By capping the maximum fee at $1 per page, the bill prevents insurance companies from charging exorbitant or arbitrary fees for records access, making it more affordable for people to obtain their own medical information.
Standardizes the process statewide. Establishing a clear legal right and fee structure for accessing medical records from insurers brings consistency to how these requests are handled, reducing confusion or disparities between different companies or regions in New York.
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3 Multi-sponsors
History
- Referred to insurance
- Referred to insurance
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STATE OF NEW YORK
398
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY (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 Assembly, 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 institution, 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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