PENNSYLVANIA, March 10 - 20 pages, $1.03 per page for pages 21 through 60 and 34¢

per page for pages 61 and thereafter for paper copies or

reproductions on electronic media [whether] if the

records are stored on paper [or in electronic format];

$2.04 per page for copies from microfilm; plus the actual

cost of postage, shipping or delivery. No other charges

for the retrieval, copying and shipping or delivery of

medical records other than those set forth in this

paragraph shall be permitted without prior approval of

the party requesting the copying of the medical records.

The amounts which may be charged shall be adjusted

annually beginning on January 1, 2013, by the Secretary

of Health of the Commonwealth based on the most recent

changes in the consumer price index reported annually by

the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States

Department of Labor.

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(iii) If the medical records or charts are stored

electronically, the party requesting the medical charts

or records may elect to receive the medical records or

charts in an electronic format. If the party elects to

receive the medical records or charts in an electronic

format, payment to a health care provider or facility for

searching for, retrieving and reproducing medical charts

or records requested shall be $20.62, search and

retrieval fee, plus the actual cost of postage, shipping

or delivery as described in subparagraph (i), as adjusted

by the Secretary of Health of the Commonwealth.

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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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