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216.261 Kentucky Health Care Infrastructure Authority -- Responsibilities -Funding -- Annual report.
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The University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville shall jointly
establish and operate a Kentucky Health Care Infrastructure Authority. The
purposes of the authority are to improve the quality of health care and reduce
the cost of health care.
The responsibilities of the authority include but are not limited to:
(a) Providing leadership in the redesign of the health care delivery system
using information technology to ensure that all Kentuckians receive care
that is safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable;
(b) Serving as a forum for the exchange of ideas and consensus building
regarding the advancement of health information infrastructure and health
care applications;
(c) Conducting research to identify innovative health care applications using
information technology and systems to improve patient care and reduce
cost of care, including applications to support electronic disease
management and evidence-based medicine;
(d) Implementing pilot projects to determine the impact of various health care
applications using information technology and systems on the quality of
patient care and the cost of health care;
(e) Facilitating the transfer of the authority's research findings into clinical
practice;
(f) Facilitating the development of the Kentucky e-Health Network created
under KRS 216.267;
(g) Supporting the development of the Kentucky e-Health Network created
under KRS 216.267 as a framework for the national health information
infrastructure;
(h) Facilitating the integration of the health information infrastructure with
other information infrastructure development;
(i) Recommending policies and practices to ensure the security and
confidentiality of health information;
(j) Providing recommendations on standards for software and
communication among networks;
(k) Seeking funding from federal and private foundations for research, pilot
projects conducted by the authority, development of health information
capacity, and administrative and faculty expenses incurred by the
authority;
(l) Collaborating with federal agencies and seeking funding for the
implementation of pilot projects that can serve as models for the national
electronic health information infrastructure;
(m) Serving as a national resource for health information science; and
(n) Providing educational programs and stimulating interest in health
information science.
The authority may receive state appropriations, gifts, grants, revolving funds,
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fees for services, federal funds, and any other public and private funds.
The authority shall submit an annual report of its activities to the Governor,
secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Legislative Research
Commission, Interim Joint Committee on Health and Welfare, and Interim Joint
Committee on Banking and Insurance.
Effective:March 8, 2005
History: Created 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 30, sec. 1, effective March 8, 2005.
Legislative Research Commission Note (6/20/2005). 2005 Ky. Acts chs. 11, 85,
95, 97, 98, 99, and 181 instruct the Reviser of Statutes to correct statutory
references to agencies and officers whose names have been changed in 2005
legislation confirming the reorganization of the executive branch. Such a
correction has been made in this section.
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