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CS/SB 1606: Patient Access to Records

GENERAL BILL by Health Policy ; Grall ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Bradley

Patient Access to Records; Requiring a service provider to furnish and provide access to records within a specified timeframe after receiving a request for such records; revising provisions relating to the appropriate disclosure of patient records without consent; revising the timeframe within which a nursing home facility must provide access to and copies of resident records after receiving a request for such records; authorizing a provider to impose reasonable terms necessary to preserve such records, etc.

Effective Date: 1/1/2026
 Last Action: 4/16/2025 Senate - On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/21/25, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
  3. Rules (RC)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/27/2025 Senate • Filed
3/6/2025 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Rules
3/10/2025 Senate • Introduced
3/20/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/25/25, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building --Pending Reconsideration (Unfavorable; YEAS 4 NAYS 4)
3/27/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 04/01/25, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building --Motion to Reconsider Adopted
4/1/2025 Senate • CS by Health Policy; YEAS 7 NAYS 3
4/3/2025 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
• CS by Health Policy read 1st time
4/7/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 04/10/25, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
4/10/2025 Senate • Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 5 NAYS 3
4/11/2025 Senate • Now in Rules
4/16/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/21/25, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building