1| HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION | | | 2| STATE OF OKLAHOMA | | | 3| 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025) | | | 4|COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE | |FOR | 5|HOUSE BILL NO. 1067 By: Manger of the House | | | 6| and | | | 7| Hamilton of the Senate | | | 8| | | | 9| COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE | | | 10| An Act relating to medical records; providing for | | retention of medical records; providing for | 11| codification; and providing an effective date. | | | 12| | | | 13| | | | 14|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: | | | 15| SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified | | | 16|in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 5009.7 of Title 63, unless there | | | 17|is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: | | | 18| A. Medical records shall be retained a minimum of ten (10) | | | 19|years beyond the date the patient was last seen or a minimum of | | | 20|three (3) years beyond the date of the patient's death. Records of | | | 21|newborns or minors shall be retained three (3) years past the age of | | | 22|majority. | | | 23| | | | 24| | | | arsid3110030 HB1067 HFLR Page 1 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| B. 1. Health care providers may microfilm, put on optical | | | 2|disk, or adopt similar recording technology to record the medical | | | 3|records and destroy the original record in order to conserve space. | | | 4| 2. Records reconstituted from the technology employed to | | | 5|conserve space shall be considered the same as the original and the | | | 6|retention of the technically retained record constitutes compliance | | | 7|with preservation laws. | | | 8| 3. The minimum contents of a medical record to be recorded | | | 9|shall be as required by OAC 310:667-19-8. | | | 10| 4. In the event of closure of a health care providers' office, | | | 11|the health care provider shall inform the State Department of Health | | | 12|of the disposition of the records. Disposition shall be in a manner | | | 13|to protect the integrity of the information contained in the medical | | | 14|record. These records shall be retained and disposed of in a manner | | | 15|consistent with the statute of limitations. | | | 16| SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025. | | | 17| | | | 18|COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES | |OVERSIGHT, dated 03/04/2025 DO PASS, As Amended and Coauthored. | 19| | | | 20| | | | 21| | | | 22| | | | 23| | | | 24| | | | arsid3110030 HB1067 HFLR Page 2