BILL REQ. #:  H-3977.1 



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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2074
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State of Washington63rd Legislature2014 Regular Session

By House Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Sawyer, Rodne, Jinkins, Pedersen, Kirby, Cody, Hansen, and Hargrove)

READ FIRST TIME 02/05/14.   



     AN ACT Relating to fees for health records; and adding a new section to chapter 70.02 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 70.02 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) No fee may be charged by a health care provider for reproducing health care information or any clerical activities associated with reproducing and delivering health care information, except as provided in this chapter.
     (2) No fee may be charged by a health care provider for responding to a request for documentation for purposes of determining amounts owed by a patient and furnishing payment for those referenced charges owing by the patient to that provider.

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