Connecticut 2021 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06424 Compare Versions

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6	6	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6424
7	7	January Session, 2021
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11	11	Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
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14	14	Introduced by:
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20	20	AN ACT REVISING DATA COLLECTION REQUIREM ENTS FOR
21	21	HEALTH CARE PROVIDER S CONNECTING TO THE STATE-WIDE
22	22	HEALTH INFORMATION E XCHANGE.
23	23	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
24	24	Assembly convened:
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26	26	Section 1. Section 17b-59e of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
27	27	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2021): 2
28	28	(a) For purposes of this section: 3
29	29	(1) "Health care provider" means any individual, corporation, facility 4
30	30	or institution licensed by the state to provide health care services; and 5
31	31	(2) "Electronic health record system" means a computer-based 6
32	32	information system that is used to create, collect, store, manipulate, 7
33	33	share, exchange or make available electronic health records for the 8
34	34	purposes of the delivery of patient care. 9
35	35	(b) Not later than one year after commencement of the operation of 10
36	36	the State-wide Health Information Exchange, each hospital licensed 11
37	37	under chapter 368v and clinical laboratory licensed under section 19a-12 Raised Bill No. 6424
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43	43	30 shall maintain an electronic health record system capable of 13
44	44	connecting to and participating in the State-wide Health Information 14
45	45	Exchange and shall apply to begin the process of connecting to, and 15
46	46	participating in, the State-wide Health Information Exchange. 16
47	47	(c) Not later than two years after commencement of the operation of 17
48	48	the State-wide Health Information Exchange, (1) each health care 18
49	49	provider with an electronic health record system capable of connecting 19
50	50	to, and participating in, the State-wide Health Information Exchange 20
51	51	shall apply to begin the process of connecting to, and participating in, 21
52	52	the State-wide Health Information Exchange, and (2) each health care 22
53	53	provider without an electronic health record system capable of 23
54	54	connecting to, and participating in, the State-wide Health Information 24
55	55	Exchange shall be capable of sending and receiving secure messages 25
56	56	that comply with the Direct Project specifications published by the 26
57	57	federal Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information 27
58	58	Technology. 28
59	59	(d) Each health care provider with an electronic health record system 29
60	60	capable of connecting to, and participating in, the State-wide Health 30
61	61	Information Exchange shall, not later than the date by which such 31
62	62	hospital or health care provider is required to connect to the State-wide 32
63	63	Health Information Exchange, collect and include in its electronic health 33
64	64	record system self-reported patient demographic data including, but 34
65	65	not limited to, race, ethnicity, primary language, insurance status and 35
66	66	disability status. 36
67	67	(e) Each health care provider required to connect to the State-wide 37
68	68	Health Information Exchange pursuant to this section shall adhere to 38
69	69	the data collection standards promulgated by the U.S. Department of 39
70	70	Health and Human Services' Office of Minority Health, as amended 40
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72	72	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
73	73	sections:
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75	75	Section 1 October 1, 2021 17b-59e Raised Bill No. 6424
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82	82	Statement of Purpose:
83	83	To clarify and standardize race, ethnicity and language data collection
84	84	for health care providers required to connect to the State-wide Health
85	85	Information Exchange.
86	86	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
87	87	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
88	88	underlined.]
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