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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 669
BY REPRESENTATIVE SIMON
HEALTH CARE: Provides relative to healthcare cost and quality information
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 40:1300.112 and 1300.113(A) and (C), relative to healthcare2
information; to provide relative to healthcare service cost and quality information;3
to provide for powers and duties of the Department of Health and Hospitals; to4
provide for an Internet website to feature certain healthcare information; to provide5
for publication of certain cost and quality data; to make technical corrections; and6
to provide for related matters.7
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:8
Section 1. R.S. 40:1300.112 and 1300.113(A) and (C) are hereby amended and9
reenacted to read as follows: 10
§1300.112. Data collection; powers and duties of the Department of Health and11
Hospitals12
A. The Department of Health and Hospitals, in consultation with the Health13
Data Panel, shall:14
(1) Identify and define the health care healthcare cost, quality, and15
performance data elements to be reported to the Department of Health and Hospitals16
in accordance with existing national and international data standards for consumers'17
meaningful comparison of costs for specific health care healthcare services and18
specific quality of care measures between and among medical facilities, health care19
healthcare providers, and health plans.20
(2) Develop standards of accuracy, quality, timeliness, economy, and21
efficiency for the provision of data.22 HLS 14RS-1357 ORIGINAL
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(3) Identify the most practical methods to collect, transmit, and share1
required health care healthcare data as described in this Part.2
(4) Utilize, wherever practical, existing administrative data bases, and3
modalities of data collection to provide the required data.4
(5) Ensure confidentiality of patients by enforcing appropriate rules and5
regulations at least as stringent as those regulations applicable to covered entities6
promulgated under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act privacy7
regulations, 42 CFR Part 164.8
(6) Coordinate with the Louisiana Department of Insurance on all matters of9
health plan cost, quality, and performance data to be collected from health plans10
licensed to offer health insurance coverage in Louisiana. Such data shall exclude11
premium data and information related to the development of premiums.12
(7) Include appropriate risk-adjustment measures into the production of all13
health care healthcare cost, quality, and performance data issued to account for14
variation in facility size, location, and patient acuity levels.15
(8) Provide the process for Internet publication of provider and health plan16
specific cost, quality, and performance data collected pursuant to this Part for access17
and use by a consumer or requesting entity.18
(9) Ensure that data released pursuant to this Part shall not include any19
identifier which is listed in 45 CFR 164.514(b) as being necessary to be removed in20
order for the data to be de-identified within the meaning of 45 CFR 164.514(a).21
(10) Promulgate rules and regulations, in accordance with the Administrative22
Procedure Act, to carry out the provisions of this Part.23
(11) Implement the initial phase of the Internet website created pursuant to24
this Part on or before April 30, 2009 2015.25
(12) B. In the event that sufficient funds are not appropriated to implement26
this Part, to include the collection, storage, analysis, and dissemination of data to27
participating agencies, organizations, and the general public, the application and28
enforcement of this Part shall be suspended pending the appropriation of sufficient29 HLS 14RS-1357 ORIGINAL
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funds, and all accumulated health care healthcare data shall be stored with1
appropriate confidentiality safeguards, destroyed, or transferred to another2
appropriate agency or organization in accordance with state law.3
§1300.113. Health Data Panel; advisory council to the secretary of the Department4
of Health and Hospitals5
A. The Department of Health and Hospitals shall create the Health Data6
Panel. The purpose of the Health Data Panel shall be to make recommendations to7
the secretary of the Department of Health and Hospitals for the implementation of8
the requirements of this Part. The Health Data Panel shall consider the provisions9
set forth in R.S. 40:1300.112 40:1300.112(A).10
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C. The secretary or his designee shall serve as the chairman of the meetings12
of the Health Data Panel. The secretary may use the recommendations of the Health13
Data Panel to fulfill the Department of Health and Hospitals' responsibilities of the14
Department of Health and Hospitals as set forth in this Part.15
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Section 2. The Louisiana State Law Institute is hereby directed to redesignate the17
numbers of the Sections of statute enacted by this Act in a manner that comports with the18
technical recodification provisions of the Act which originated as House Bill No. ____ of19
this 2014 Regular Session of the Legislature.20
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
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Abstract: Provides relative to healthcare cost and quality information.
Present law entitled "Louisiana Healthcare Consumers' Right to Know", comprising Part L
of Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the La. Revised Statutes of 1950, provides relative to collection
and publication of healthcare cost and quality data by the Dept. of Health and Hospitals
(DHH) in conjunction with the Health Data Panel. Proposed law generally retains present
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Present law requires that DHH implement the initial phase of the Internet website created
pursuant to present law for publication of healthcare information on or before Apr. 30, 2009.
Proposed law changes the date by which the initial phase of the healthcare information
website shall be implemented prior to Apr. 30, 2015.
(Amends R.S. 40:1300.112 and 1300.113(A) and (C))