LRB-3363/1
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2013 - 2014 LEGISLATURE
February 12, 2014 - Introduced by Representatives Tittl, Ballweg, Bies, Brooks,
Goyke, Hulsey, Kaufert, Kleefisch, Krug, Murphy and Strachota,
cosponsored by Senators Grothman, L. Taylor, Petrowski, Risser, Lazich and
Lassa. Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
AB759,1,2
1An Act to create 146.83 (1b) of the statutes;
relating to: accessing and
2obtaining patient health records by public defenders.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a patient or person authorized by the patient may, among
other things, inspect the patient's health care records, obtain copies of the patient's
health care records for a reduced fee if the patient is eligible for Medical Assistance,
and obtain copies of the patient's health care records without paying a certification
fee or a retrieval fee. This bill specifies that an attorney appointed by the State Public
Defender to represent the patient is a person authorized by the patient for purposes
of inspecting and obtaining copies of the patient's health care records if that attorney
has the patient's written informed consent.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB759,1
3Section
1. 146.83 (1b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB759,2,24
146.83
(1b) Notwithstanding s. 146.81 (5), in this section, a "person authorized
5by the patient" includes an attorney appointed to represent the patient under s.
1977.08 if that attorney has written informed consent from the patient to view and
2obtain copies of the records.
