PRINTER'S NO. 2732
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1967
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY KIRKLAND, HILL-EVANS, SCHLOSSBERG, McNEILL,
JOHNSON-HARRELL, A. DAVIS, FRANKEL, VITALI, POLINCHOCK,
CALTAGIRONE, FREEMAN, MILLARD, YOUNGBLOOD, READSHAW, SAINATO,
CIRESI, NEILSON, KINSEY, McCLINTON, GILLEN, SCHWEYER,
T. DAVIS, SANCHEZ, SHUSTERMAN, MADDEN, ULLMAN AND MURT,
OCTOBER 21, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, OCTOBER 21, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in rules of evidence,
further providing for limit on charges.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 6152.1(a) of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
§ 6152.1. Limit on charges.
(a) Charges.--
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(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
contrary, a health care provider or facility shall provide
without charge one complete copy of a patient's medical
charts and records if all of the following apply:
(i) The patient is a veteran, as defined in 51
Pa.C.S. § 7202 (relating to definitions), and is indigent
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