HB 1104 — An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in rules of evidence, further providing for subpoena of records.

PRINTER'S NO.     1225

                       THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                           HOUSE BILL
                           No. 1104
                                                  Session of
                                                    2025

     INTRODUCED BY KRUEGER, BRENNAN, HOWARD, GIRAL, PIELLI, HANBIDGE,
        KAZEEM, MAYES, HILL-EVANS, SANCHEZ, MADDEN, DONAHUE,
        KENYATTA, FREEMAN, CIRESI, CERRATO, MALAGARI, STEELE AND
        SCHLOSSBERG, APRIL 3, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, APRIL 3, 2025


                                       AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
 2      Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in rules of evidence,
 3      further providing for subpoena of records.
 4      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 5   hereby enacts as follows:
 6      Section 1.      Section 6152(a)(2)(i) of Title 42 of the
 7   Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
 8   § 6152.    Subpoena of records.
 9      (a)    Election.--
10             * * *
11             (2)   (i)   Except as provided in subparagraph (ii), the
12             health care provider or facility or a designated agent
13             shall be entitled to receive payment of the amounts under
14             this subsection before producing the charts or records
15             pursuant to a subpoena. The payment shall be $20.62 for
16             searching for and retrieving the records, $1.39 per page
17             for the first 20 pages, $1.03 per page for pages 21
 1        through 60 and 34¢ per page for pages 61 and thereafter
 2        for paper copies or reproductions on electronic media
 3        whether the records are stored on paper or in electronic
 4        format; $2.04 per page for copies from microfilm; plus
 5        the actual cost of postage, shipping or delivery. No
 6        other charges for the retrieval, copying and shipping or
 7        delivery of medical records other than those set forth in
 8        this paragraph shall be permitted without prior approval
 9        of the party requesting the copying of the medical
10        records. The amounts which may be charged shall be
11        adjusted annually beginning on January 1, 2013, by the
12        Secretary of Health of the Commonwealth based on the most
13        recent changes in the consumer price index reported
14        annually by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United
15        States Department of Labor. If copies are requested in an
16        electronic format, the total payment under this
17        subparagraph may not exceed $200.
18             * * *
19    Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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