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House Journal: Page 927: Tuesday, April 1, 1997

Absent or not voting, 1:

Veenstra       	
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared
to have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
HOUSE FILE 205 WITHDRAWN
Jochum of Dubuque asked and received unanimous consent to
withdraw House File 205 from further consideration by the House.
IMMEDIATE MESSAGE
Gipp of Winneshiek asked and received unanimous consent that
House File 515 be immediately messaged to the Senate.
House File 693, a bill for an act relating to civil actions and
statutes of limitations in civil actions, the rate of interest
on judgments and decrees, procedures for furnishing patient
records of plaintiffs, comparative fault in consortium claims,
damages in civil actions, and joint and several liability, was
taken up for consideration.
Jochum of Dubuque offered amendment H-1468 filed by her as
follows:

H-1468

 1     Amend House File 693 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the
 3   following:
 4     "Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  135.26  HEALTH CARE
 5   PROVIDER RECORDS - DUPLICATION FOR PROVISION TO
 6   PATIENT.
 7     1.  Upon the written request of a patient, a health
 8   care provider shall allow the patient to inspect and
 9   shall provide the patient with a duplicate of the
10   health care record of the patient.  The health care
11   provider may charge a fee, as established by rule of
12   the department, for duplication of the record.
13     2.  A health care provider may withhold the record
14   from the patient if the provider reasonably determines
15   that the information is detrimental to the physical or
16   mental health of the patient, or is likely to cause
17   the patient to harm the patient or another person.  If
18   a record is withheld from the patient under this
19   subsection, the health care provider may provides
20   access to the record or a duplicate of the record to
21   the patient's attorney or personal physician upon
22   request of the patient.
23     3.  For the purposes of this section:
24     a.  "Health care provider" means a person licensed

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Index: House Journal (77th General Assembly: Session 1)

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