2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 216 - HEALTH FACILITIES AND SERVICES 216.2923 Health data collection powers and duties -- Transmitting information on insurance experience -- Cabinet advisory committee.
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216.2923 Health data collection powers and duties -- Transmitting information
on insurance experience -- Cabinet advisory committee.
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For the purposes of carrying out the provisions of KRS 216.2920 to 216.2929,
the secretary may:
(a) Appoint temporary volunteer advisory committees, which may include
individuals and representatives of interested public or private entities or
organizations;
(b) Apply for and accept any funds, property, or services from any person or
government agency;
(c) Make agreements with a grantor of funds or services, including an
agreement to make any study allowed or required under KRS 216.2920 to
216.2929; and
(d) Contract with a qualified, independent third party for any service
necessary to carry out the provisions of KRS 216.2920 to 216.2929;
however, unless permission is granted specifically by the secretary a third
party hired by the secretary shall not release, publish, or otherwise use
any information to which the third party has access under its contract.
For the purposes of carrying out the provisions of KRS 216.2920 to 216.2929,
the secretary shall:
(a) Publish and make available information that relates to the health-care
financing and delivery system, information on charges for health-care
services and the quality and outcomes of health-care services, the cost of
workers' compensation health benefits, motor vehicle health insurance
benefits, and health insurance premiums and benefits that is in the public
interest;
(b) Periodically participate in or conduct analyses and studies that relate to:
1.
Health-care costs;
2.
Health-care quality and outcomes;
3.
Health-care providers and health services; and
4.
Health insurance costs;
(c) Promulgate administrative regulations pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A that
relate to its meetings, minutes, and transactions related to KRS 216.2920
to 216.2929;
(d) Prepare annually a budget proposal that includes the estimated income
and proposed expenditures for the administration and operation of KRS
216.2920 to 216.2929; and
(e) No later than thirty (30) days after July 15, 2005, appoint and convene a
permanent cabinet advisory committee. The committee shall advise the
secretary on the collection, analysis, and distribution of
consumer-oriented information related to the health-care system, the cost
of treatment and procedures, outcomes and quality indicators, and
policies and regulations to implement the electronic collection and
transmission of patient information (e-health) and other cost-saving
patient record systems. At a minimum, the committee shall be composed
of the following:
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Commissioner of the Department for Public Health;
Commissioner of the Department for Behavioral Health,
Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities;
3.
Commissioner of the Department for Medicaid Services;
4.
Commissioner of the Department of Insurance;
5.
Physician representatives;
6.
Hospital representatives;
7.
Health insurer representatives;
8.
Consumers; and
9.
Nonphysician health-care providers.
(f) The cabinet advisory committee shall utilize the Health Services Data
Advisory Committee as a subcommittee, which shall include a member of
the Division of Women's Physical and Mental Health, to define quality
outcome measurements and to advise the cabinet on technical matters,
including a review of administrative regulations promulgated pursuant to
KRS Chapter 13A, proper interpretation of the data, and the most
cost-efficient manner in which it should be published and disseminated to
the public, state and local leaders in health policy, health facilities, and
health-care providers. The Health Services Data Advisory Committee
shall review and make recommendations to the cabinet advisory
committee regarding exploration of technical matters related to data from
other health-care providers and shall make recommendations on methods
for risk-adjusting any data prepared and published by the cabinet.
The cabinet may promulgate administrative regulations pursuant to KRS
Chapter 13A that impose civil fines not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500)
for each violation for knowingly failing to file a report as required under KRS
216.2920 to 216.2929. The amount of any fine imposed shall not be included in
the allowed costs of a facility for Medicare or Medicaid reimbursement.
Effective:July 12, 2012
History: Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 146, sec. 101, effective July 12, 2012; and
ch. 158, sec. 51, effective July 12, 2012. -- Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24,
sec. 318, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 71, sec. 1,
effective July 15, 2008. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 144, sec. 5, effective
June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 427, sec. 9, effective July 15,
1998; and ch. 496, sec. 53, effective April 10, 1998. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts
ch. 371, sec. 26, effective July 15, 1996. -- Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 512, Pt. 2,
sec. 7, effective July 15, 1994.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/12/2012). This statute was amended
by 2012 Ky. Acts chs. 146 and 158, which do not appear to be in conflict and
have been codified together.
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