2010 New York Code
PBH - Public Health
Article 28 - (2800 - 2822) HOSPITALS
2816 - Statewide planning and research cooperative system.

§  2816.  Statewide  planning  and research cooperative system. 1. The
  statewide planning and research cooperative system in the department  is
  continued,  as  provided  in  this  section.  The statewide planning and
  research cooperative system shall  be  developed  and  operated  by  the
  commissioner in consultation with the council, and shall be comprised of
  such data elements as may be specified by regulation.
    2.   Regulations   governing   the  statewide  planning  and  research
  cooperative system shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
    (a) Specification of patient and other data elements and format to  be
  reported including data related to:
    (i) inpatient hospitalization data from general hospitals;
    (ii)  ambulatory  surgery  data from hospital-based ambulatory surgery
  services and all other ambulatory surgery facilities licensed under this
  article;
    (iii) emergency department data from general hospitals;
    (iv) outpatient clinic data from general hospitals and diagnostic  and
  treatment  centers  licensed under this article, provided, however, that
  notwithstanding subdivision one of this  section  the  commissioner,  in
  consultation  with the health care industry, is authorized to promulgate
  or adopt any rules or regulations necessary to implement the  collection
  of data pursuant to this subparagraph; and
    (v)   the   data   specified  in  this  paragraph  shall  include  the
  identification of patients transferred, admitted or  treated  subsequent
  to a medical, surgical or diagnostic procedure by a licensed health care
  professional  at  a  site  or  facility  other  than  those specified in
  subparagraph (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) of this paragraph.
    (b) Standards to assure the protection  of  patient  privacy  in  data
  collected and released under this section.
    (c)  Standards  for  the  publication  and release of data reported in
  accordance with this section.