GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

S	1 

SENATE BILL 814

Short Title:  Workers' Comp/Medical Records.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Johnson of Wake.
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Referred to:  Judiciary III.
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April 6, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ALLOW INSURERS PROVIDING HOSPITAL, SURGICAL, OR MEDICAL INSURANCE TO EMPLOYEES TO HAVE THE RIGHT TO INSPECT CERTAIN RECORDS OF THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 97-92(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	The records of the Commission, insofar as they refer to accidents, injuries, and settlements shall not be open to the public, but only to the parties satisfying the Commission of their interest in such records and the right to inspect them.  Insurers providing hospital, surgical, or medical insurance to an employee have an interest in such records and have the right to inspect them, or be furnished such records upon reimbursement of the reasonable cost associated with compiling these records."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.