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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6138
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 2092
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. DELNICKI, 14th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF THE STATE-WIDE HEALTH
INFORMATION EXCHANGE AND INTEROPERABILITY OF
ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD SYSTEMS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the Department of Public Health and the Insurance 1
Department jointly conduct a study of the optimization of the State-2
wide Health Information Exchange and the interoperability of 3
electronic health record systems through consultation with 4
stakeholders, including, but not limited to, hospitals, physicians, 5
providers of outpatient services, community health cen ters, 6
pharmacies and patients. Not later than January 1, 2020, said 7
departments shall submit to the joint standing committee of the 8
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public 9
health a report of the findings and recommendations from such study. 10
Statement of Purpose:
To study the optimization of the State-wide Health Information
Exchange and the interoperability of electronic health record systems.