Amend the bill, as and if amended, Page 1, by striking lines 36-42 and Page 2 by striking lines 1-17 and inserting:
/ "Section 44-7-325. (A)(1) A health care facility, as defined in Section 44-7-130, and a health care provider licensed pursuant to Title 40 may charge a fee for the search and duplication of a medical record, whether in paper format or electronic format, but the fee may not exceed:
(a) Sixty-five cents per page for the first thirty printed pages and fifty cents per page for all other printed pages, and plus a clerical fee not to exceed twenty-five dollars for searching and handling, which combined with the per page print costs may not to exceed fifteen two hundred dollars per request plus admission, and to which may be added actual postage and applicable sales tax. The patient may have more than one admission in response to a record request but only one search fee must be permitted per request. Several emergency room records without an admission to the hospital are considered one admission for purposes of the tiered rate and the two hundred dollar maximum. The search and handling fee is permitted even though no medical record is found as a result of the search.
(b) Sixty-five cents per page for the first thirty pages provided in an electronic format and fifty cents per page for all other pages provided in an electronic format, plus a clerical fee not to exceed twenty-five dollars for searching and handling, which combined with the per page costs may not exceed one hundred fifty dollars per request, and to which may be added actual postage and applicable sales tax. The search fee and handling fee is permitted even though no medical record is found as a result of the search.
(c) All of the fees allowed by this section, including the maximum, must be adjusted annually in accordance with the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers, South Region (CPI-U), published by the U.S. Department of Labor. The Department of Health and Environmental Control is responsible for calculating this annual adjustment, which is effective on July first of each year, starting July 1, 2015. /
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, Page 4, by striking lines 3-8 and inserting:
/ (3) All fees allowed by this section, including the maximum, must be adjusted annually in accordance with the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers, South Region (CPI-U), published by the U.S. Department of Labor. The Department of Health and Environmental Control is responsible for calculating this annual adjustment, which is effective on July first of each year, starting July 1, 2015. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.