Medical Records - Destruction - Notice and Retrieval
What this bill does
Extending the time period from 5 to 7 years during which a health care provider is prohibited from destroying medical records and laboratory and X-ray reports; requiring that the notice required to be provided regarding the destruction of medical records be made to the last known e-mail address of the patient or the parent or guardian of a minor; requiring a health care provider to make a medical record available for retrieval by a patient or a parent or guardian of a minor within a certain time period and at a certain location; etc.
Analysis reads the bill text, the fiscal note, and the witness list. It is generated by Claude and reviewed by nobody, so check the source documents before you rely on it.
Testimony (13)
MGA witness list| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Jarashow, Ronald | Maryland Association for Justice | Oral |
| FAV | Doherty, Daniel | Maryland State Dental Association, Maryland Society of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons | Position only |
| FAV | Gilbert, Patrick | Maryland State's Attorneys' Association | Oral |
| FAV | Delegate Pippy, Delegate Pippylegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Delegate Pippy, Delegate Pippylegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Krone, Christinelobbyist | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Rosa, Richard | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Tibbals, Trudy | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Wise, Steve | Individual | Oral |
| UNF | Doherty, Daniel | Maryland State Dental Association, Maryland Society of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | (MD), State of Maryland | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | (MD), State of Maryland | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Wise, Steve | Individual | Oral |