Introduced
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To require licensed health care professionals to maintain a record for each patient to whom they provide services, including a full and complete record of tests and examinations performed, observations made, and treatments provided. The records must be maintained for at least 10 years, and in such a manner that protects their integrity, ensures their confidentiality and proper use, and ensures their accessibility and availability to the patient or his or her authorized representative. A health professional may contract with a health care facility to keep the records.
Referred to the Committee on Health Policy
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one that requires records to be maintained for at least 7 years, rather than 10 years.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 35 to 0 (details)
To require licensed health care professionals to maintain a record for each patient to whom they provide services, including a full and complete record of tests and examinations performed, observations made, and treatments provided. The records must be maintained for at least seven years, and in such a manner that protects their integrity, ensures their confidentiality and proper use, and ensures their accessibility and availability to the patient or his or her authorized representative. A health professional may contract with a health care facility to keep the records.
Referred to the Committee on Health Policy
Reported without amendment
Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
Passed in the House 103 to 3 (details)
To require licensed health care professionals to maintain a record for each patient to whom they provide services, including a full and complete record of tests and examinations performed, observations made, and treatments provided. The records must be maintained for at least seven years, and in such a manner that protects their integrity, ensures their confidentiality and proper use, and ensures their accessibility and availability to the patient or his or her authorized representative. A health professional may contract with a health care facility to keep the records.
