Medical records of deceased family members. Public Act 97-867 (Sullivan, D-Rushville; Brady, R-Bloomington) does three things to the new provisions for getting medical records of deceased family members if no estate is opened.

(1) It clarifies that a "handling" fee may not be charged to a patient or patient's representative under Section 8-2001.5.

(2) It requires that health-care providers release this information to a patient representative as authorized under this Section.

(3) It requires that a person purporting to be a patient representative certify that to be true under penalty of law.

Effective July 30, 2012.

A copy of the act may be found here.