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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2015 - 2016
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | August 5, 2016 02:48 PM |
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| From: | Representative Jaret Gibbons |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | Veterans Health Records |
| In the near future, I will introduce legislation that will exempt veterans from being charged a fee by health care institutions for access to their healthcare records in support of an appeal or filing a claim for their veterans’ benefits. Under current law, hospitals and other healthcare institutions can charge a maximum flat fee of $19 per patient for furnishing a health record. My legislation would remove this charge for our veterans and make accessing their information simpler. Our veterans have sacrificed themselves for our country. The least we can do is make it easy for them to access their own benefits without having to pay a fee. I hope you will join me in co-sponsoring this important piece of legislation. |
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Memo Updated: August 5, 2016 02:49 PM