You may view an alphabetical listing by state of release of information laws and regulations by selecting from the following list of states:   --Select State-- Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut District of Columbia Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana North Carolina North Dakota Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Pennsylvania Act 26 of 1998     Act 26 sets the maximum fees that can be charged for medical records. These fees are updated yearly through the Department of Health. With a few exceptions, the maximum fees for a record request from a patient or attorney for 2003 are as follows:     searching and retrieving the record - $16.94 pages 61 and after - $.29 per page pages 1 through 20 - $1.13 per page copies from microfilm - $1.68 pages 21 through 60 - $.85 per page actual mailing or delivery fees   42 Pa.C.S. §§ 6152 and 6155     The Secretary provides notice that, effective January 1, 2005, the following payments may be charged by a health care facility or health care provider for production of records in response to subpoena or request:     Amount charged per page for pages 1--20: Not to Exceed $ 1.17 Amount charged per page for pages 21--60: Not to Exceed $ .88 Amount charged per page for pages 61--end: Not to Exceed $ .30 Amount charged per page for microfilm copies: Not to Exceed $ 1.73 Search and retrieval of records: Not to Exceed $17.48     © Copyright 1999-2005 OmniMed International, Inc. All rights reserved.