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20-7-303. Collection and dissemination of health data.
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20-7-303. Collection and dissemination of health data.
(a) With the approval of the State Board of Health, the Secretary of the Department of Health shall compile and disseminate health data collected by the Department of Health.
(b)(1) In consultation with advisory groups appointed by the secretary with representation from hospitals, outpatient surgery centers, health profession licensing boards, and other state agencies, the department should:
(A) Identify the most practical methods to collect, transmit, and share required health data as described in § 20-7-304;
(B) Utilize, wherever practical, existing administrative databases and modalities of data collection to provide the required data;
(C) Develop standards of accuracy, timeliness, economy, and efficiency for the provision of the data; and
(D) Ensure confidentiality of data by enforcing appropriate rules.
(2) To maximize limited resources and to prevent duplication of effort, the department may consider, when appropriate, contracting with private entities for the collection of data as set forth in this section subject to this subchapter.
(c)(1) All state agencies, including health profession licensing, certification, or registration boards and commissions, which collect, maintain, or distribute health data, including data relating to the Arkansas Medicaid Program, shall make available to the department such data as are necessary for the department to carry out its responsibilities under this subchapter or such rules as may be adopted as provided in § 20-7-305.
(2) If health data are already reported to another organization or governmental agency in the same manner, form, and content or in a manner, form, and content acceptable to the department, the secretary may obtain a copy of the data from t
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-7-303
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20-7-303. Collection and dissemination of health data.
(a) With the approval of the State Board of Health, the Secretary of the Department of Health shall compile and disseminate health data collected by the Department of Health.
(b)(1) In consultation with advisory groups appointed by the secretary with representation from hospitals, outpatient surgery centers, health profession licensing boards, and other state agencies, the department should:
(A) Identify the most practical methods to collect, transmit, and share required health data as described in § 20-7-304;
(B) Utilize, wherever practical, existing administrative databases and modalities of data collection to provide the required data;
(C) Develop standards of accuracy, timeliness, economy, and efficiency for the provision of the data; and
(D) Ensure confidentiality of data by enforcing appropriate rules.
(2) To maximize limited resources and to prevent duplication of effort, the department may consider, when appropriate, contracting with private entities for the collection of data as set forth in this section subject to this subchapter.
(c)(1) All state agencies, including health profession licensing, certification, or registration boards and commissions, which collect, maintain, or distribute health data, including data relating to the Arkansas Medicaid Program, shall make available to the department such data as are necessary for the department to carry out its responsibilities under this subchapter or such rules as may be adopted as provided in § 20-7-305.
(2) If health data are already reported to another organization or governmental agency in the same manner, form, and content or in a manner, form, and content acceptable to the department, the secretary may obtain a copy of the data from the organization or agency, and no duplicate report need be submitted by the organization.
(3) All hospitals and outpatient surgery centers licensed by the state shall submit information in a form and manner as prescribed by rules by the State Board of Health pursuant to § 20-7-305. However, if the same information is being collected by another state agency, the department shall obtain the data from the other state agency.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
20-7-304. Release of health data.
The Secretary of the Department of Health may release data collected under this subchapter, except that data released shall not include any information which identifies or could be used to identify any individual patient, provider, institution, or health plan except as provided in § 20-7-305.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-7-304
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20-7-305. State Board of Health to prescribe rules — Data collected not subject to discovery.
(a) The State Board of Health shall prescribe and enforce such rules as may be necessary to carry out this subchapter, including the manner in which data are collected, maintained, compiled, and disseminated, and including such rules as may be necessary to promote and protect the confidentiality of data reported under this subchapter.
(b) Data provided, collected, or disseminated under this subchapter which identifies, or could be used to identify, any individual patient, provider, institution, or health plan shall not be subject to discovery pursuant to the Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure or the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq.
(c)(1)(A) The Department of Human Services may provide data only for purposes of research and aggregate statistical reporting to the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement, the United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality for its Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, or other researchers for research projects approved by the Department of Health under rules promulgated by the State Board of Health that provide for appropriate security and confidentiality protections for the data.
(B) The Department of Human Services also shall provide data to the Arkansas Hospital Association, Inc. for its price transparency and consumer-driven healthcare project that will make price and quality information about Arkansas hospitals available to the general public.
(2) The data shall be treated in a manner consistent with all state and federal privacy requirements, including, without limitation, the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 privacy rule, specifically 45 C.F.R. § 164.512(i).
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Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-7-305
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 20-7-305. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.