H.F. 120 Section 1. Section 86.39, Code 2011, is amended to read as 1 follows: 2 86.39 Fees —— approval. 3 1. All fees or claims for legal, medical, hospital, and 4 burial services rendered under this chapter and chapters 85 , 5 85A , 85B , and 87 are subject to the approval of the workers’ 6 compensation commissioner. For services rendered in the 7 district court and appellate courts, the attorney fee is 8 subject to the approval of a judge of the district court. 9 2. The workers’ compensation commissioner shall approve a 10 claim for a retrieval fee of up to twenty-five dollars payable 11 to a medical provider or its agent for each request made 12 for duplicate records or reports for which a copying fee is 13 allowable. However, total claims for retrieval fees approved 14 shall not exceed fifty dollars. 15 EXPLANATION 16 This bill requires the workers’ compensation commissioner to 17 approve a claim for a retrieval fee of up to $25 payable to a 18 medical provider or its agent for each request made for copies 19 of duplicate records or reports for which the commissioner 20 allows a copying fee, but not to exceed a total of $50 for such 21 retrieval fees. Currently, pursuant to administrative rule 22 IAC 876 —— 8.9, a medical provider or its agent is required to 23 furnish an employer or insurance carrier with copies of the 24 initial and final clinical assessment of an injured employee 25 without cost but is allowed to charge a fee for additional 26 copies. This rule also sets forth the maximum copying fees 27 that can be charged for the additional copies based on the 28 number of pages copied. 29 -1- LSB 1878HH (5) 84 av/nh 1/ 1