General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6609
January Session, 2011 LCO No. 4636
*04636_______PH_*
Referred to Committee on Public Health
Introduced by:
(PH)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 6609
January Session, 2011
LCO No. 4636
*04636_______PH_*
Referred to Committee on Public Health
Introduced by:
(PH)
AN ACT CONCERNING STATE COMPLIANCE WITH THE FEDERAL HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR ECONOMIC AND CLINICAL HEALTH ACT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (h) of section 19a-750 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2011):
(h) Not later than February 1, 2011, and annually thereafter until February 1, 2016, the chief executive officer of the authority shall report, in accordance with section 11-4a, to the Governor and the General Assembly on (1) any private or federal funds received during the preceding year and, if applicable, how such funds were expended, (2) the amount and recipients of grants awarded, [and] (3) the current status of health information exchange and health information technology in the state, (4) recommendations to promote greater availability and utilization of health information technology in the state's health care systems, and (5) state compliance with the provisions of the federal Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, P.L. 111-5.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2011 19a-750(h)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
July 1, 2011
19a-750(h)
Statement of Purpose:
To require the chief executive officer of the Health Information Technology Exchange of Connecticut to (1) provide recommendations to promote greater utilization and availability health information technology in the state's health care systems, and (2) report on state compliance with the provisions of the federal Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act.
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