Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:4077 Primary Sponsor:Haskins Committee Number:27 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Patient's medical records Residing Body:House Current Committee:Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Computer Document Number:436/11249AC.93 Introduced Date:19930414 Last History Body:House Last History Date:19930414 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Haskins Vaughn Moody-Lawrence A. Young Type of Legislation:General Bill
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4077 House 19930414 Introduced, read first time, 27
referred to Committee
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TO AMEND SECTION 44-115-30, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO A PATIENT'S MEDICAL RECORDS, SO AS TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT THAT MAY BE CHARGED TO ONE DOLLAR PER PAGE OR A TOTAL OF TEN DOLLARS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 44-115-30 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 480 of 1992, is amended by adding at the end:
"Charges for copying records pursuant to this section or any other provision of this chapter may not exceed one dollar per page or a total of ten dollars, whichever is greater."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.