Texas Health and Safety Code
§ 241.154 — REQUEST
HS § 241.154Title 4. HEALTH FACILITIES · Part B. LICENSING OF HEALTH FACILITIES · Ch. 241. HOSPITALS · Art. G. DISCLOSURE OF HEALTH CARE INFORMATION
Statute text
View on source(a)On receipt of a written authorization from a patient or legally authorized representative to examine or copy all or part of the patient's recorded health care information, except payment information, or for disclosures under Section 241.153 not requiring written authorization, a hospital or its agent, as promptly as required under the circumstances but not later than the 15th day after the date the request and payment authorized under Subsection (b) are received, shall:
(1)make the information available for examination during regular business hours and provide a copy to the requestor, if requested; or
(2)inform the authorized requestor if the information does not exist or cannot be found.
(b)Except as provided by Subsection (d), the hospital or its agent may charge a reasonable fee for providing the health care information except payment information and is not required to permit the examination, copying, or release of the information requested until the fee is paid unless there is a medical emergency. The fee may not exceed the sum of:
(1)a basic retrieval or processing fee, which must include the fee for providing the first 10 pages of the copies and which may not exceed $30; and
(A)a charge for each page of:
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Legislative history
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1003 (H.B. 4029), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2009.