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HOUSE BILL NO. 625 – Patient hlth care eval/3rd prty

HOUSE BILL NO. 625

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H0625................................by JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION
PATIENTS - HEALTH CARE EVALUATION - Adds to existing law relating to
evidence to require health care providers, performing evaluations on
patients of other physicians at the request of third parties, to provide
certain statements to patients upon their request; and to provide for a
standard of care.
                                                                        
02/12    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/13    Rpt prt - to Jud

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  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-sixth Legislature                  Second Regular Session - 2002
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 625
                                                                        
                      BY JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO EVIDENCE; AMENDING CHAPTER 2, TITLE 9, IDAHO CODE, BY THE    ADDI-
  3        TION OF A NEW SECTION 9-207, IDAHO CODE, TO REQUIRE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS,
  4        PERFORMING  EVALUATIONS  ON PATIENTS OF OTHER PHYSICIANS AT THE REQUEST OF
  5        THIRD PARTIES, TO  PROVIDE  CERTAIN  STATEMENTS  TO  PATIENTS  UPON  THEIR
  6        REQUEST AND TO PROVIDE FOR A STANDARD OF CARE.
                                                                        
  7    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  8        SECTION  1.  That  Chapter  2,  Title  9,  Idaho Code, be, and the same is
  9    hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and  des-
 10    ignated as Section 9-207, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
                                                                        
 11        9-207.  HEALTH CARE PROVIDER EVALUATION PURSUANT TO THIRD PARTY REQUEST --
 12    STATEMENT  --  STANDARD OF CARE. (1) Any licensed health care provider that is
 13    retained or obtained by a third party or its agent to evaluate the patient  of
 14    another  physician,  for  the  purposes or interests of the third party, shall
 15    provide to the patient, upon request, a written statement containing the  fol-
 16    lowing information:
 17        (a)  The  number  of  times  in each of the prior three (3) years that the
 18        provider has been retained by the third party;
 19        (b)  The number of times in each of the prior three  (3)  years  that  the
 20        provider has been retained by any party to perform such an evaluation;
 21        (c)  The percentage of the provider's annual gross income for the previous
 22        three (3) years, as earned from third party evaluations; and
 23        (d)  The  percentage  of  the  provider's  professional  work  on a daily,
 24        weekly, or monthly basis, that the provider spent  performing  such  third
 25        party evaluations during the previous twelve (12) month period.
 26        (2)  An  evaluation by a licensed health care provider that is retained or
 27    obtained by a third party or its agent to evaluate the patient of another phy-
 28    sician for the purposes or interests of the third party shall be performed  in
 29    the  best interest of the patient and be consistent with the local standard of
 30    care for providers with the same expertise.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                     STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                         RS 11974

	“Independent medical examinations” are sometimes used to 
provide a different view of a party’s injuries. This can be 
lucrative for the provider, but can also bring bias of the provider 
into question when performing independent medical examinations 
becomes the foundation of the provider’s practice. This legislation 
gives parties to litigation the right to information that will 
disclose the potential for bias of such providers.


                          FISCAL IMPACT

	None.



Contact
Name:	Rep. Dick Harwood
Phone:	332-1000



STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE		H 625