Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.
This bill requires the department of commerce and insurance to enter into a memorandum of understanding for collaboration in the development of a comprehensive healthcare information system, which must be accessible on the department's website. The memorandum of understanding must include a description of the data sets that will be included in the comprehensive healthcare information system, the criteria and procedures for the development of limited use data sets, the criteria and procedures to ensure that Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) compliant limited use data sets are accessible, and a proposed time frame for the creation of a comprehensive healthcare information system. <br /> <br /> This bill provides that to the extent allowed by HIPAA, the data must be available as a resource for insurers, employers, providers, purchasers of health care, and state agencies to continuously review healthcare utilization, expenditures, and performance in this state and to enhance the ability of this state's consumers and employers to make informed and cost-effective healthcare choices. In presenting data for public access, comparative considerations must be made regarding geography, demographics, general economic factors, and institutional size. Notwithstanding HIPAA or any other provision of law, the comprehensive healthcare information system must not include or disclose any data that contains direct personal identifiers.<br /> <br /> This bill requires the department to make available to the public a public use data set for purposes of facilitating transparency in healthcare costs, and authorizes the department to seek any available federal funding for the purposes of developing the comprehensive healthcare information system and to otherwise implement this bill.<br /> For the purpose of applying for federal funding and promulgating rules, this bill will take effect upon becoming a law. For all other purposes, this bill will take effect January 1, 2020.<br /> <br />
This bill requires the department of commerce and insurance to enter into a memorandum of understanding for collaboration in the development of a comprehensive healthcare information system, which must be accessible on the department's website. The memorandum of understanding must include a description of the data sets that will be included in the comprehensive healthcare information system, the criteria and procedures for the development of limited use data sets, the criteria and procedures to ensure that Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) compliant limited use data sets are accessible, and a proposed time frame for the creation of a comprehensive healthcare information system. <br /> <br /> This bill provides that to the extent allowed by HIPAA, the data must be available as a resource for insurers, employers, providers, purchasers of health care, and state agencies to continuously review healthcare utilization, expenditures, and performance in this state and to enhance the ability of this state's consumers and employers to make informed and cost-effective healthcare choices. In presenting data for public access, comparative considerations must be made regarding geography, demographics, general economic factors, and institutional size. Notwithstanding HIPAA or any other provision of law, the comprehensive healthcare information system must not include or disclose any data that contains direct personal identifiers.<br /> <br /> This bill requires the department to make available to the public a public use data set for purposes of facilitating transparency in healthcare costs, and authorizes the department to seek any available federal funding for the purposes of developing the comprehensive healthcare information system and to otherwise implement this bill.<br /> For the purpose of applying for federal funding and promulgating rules, this bill will take effect upon becoming a law. For all other purposes, this bill will take effect January 1, 2020.<br /> <br />
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