Under a 1992 law, state hospitals can charge patients up to $0.65 per page for copies of their record. According to the report, bill sponsor Bobby Harrell (R-Charleston) introduced the legislation after a constituent told him a hospital charged her $3,800 for her several-thousand-page long record.
The bill would reduce the per-page cost to $0.10 and set a maximum charge of $150 for a digital copy and $250 for a hard copy, according to the report. The bill passed the House without opposition, and now heads to the state senate.
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