2006 Kentucky Revised Statutes - .2929   Reports required by board.

216.2929 Reports required by board. (1) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall at least annually, on or before July 1, prepare and publish, in understandable language with sufficient explanation to allow consumers to draw meaningful comparisons, a report or reports on health-care charges, quality, and outcomes which includes diagnosis-specific or procedure- specific comparisons for each hospital and ambulatory facility, differentiated by payor if relevant, and for other provider groups as relevant data becomes available. (2) The cabinet shall at least annually, on or before October 1, submit to the Interim Joint Committees on Appropriations and Revenue and Health and Welfare and to the Governor a report on the operations and activities of the cabinet under KRS 216.2920 to 216.2929 during the preceding fiscal year, including a copy of each study or report required or authorized under KRS 216.2920 to 216.2929 and any recommendations relating thereto. (3) The cabinet shall report at least biennially, no later than October 1 of each odd- numbered year, to the Interim Joint Committees on Appropriations and Revenue and on Health and Welfare and to the Governor on matters pertaining to comparative health-care charges, quality, and outcomes, the effectiveness of its activities relating to educating consumers and containing health-care costs, and any recommendations regarding its data collection and dissemination activities. (4) The cabinet shall report at least biennially, no later than October 1 of each odd- numbered year, on the special health needs of the minority population in the Commonwealth as compared to the population in the Commonwealth as compared to the population at large. The report shall be transmitted to the Interim Joint Committees on Appropriations and Revenue and Health and Welfare and to the Governor and shall contain an overview of the health status of minority Kentuckians, shall identify the diseases and conditions experienced at disproportionate mortality and morbidity rates within the minority population, and shall make recommendations to meet the identified health needs of the minority population. Effective: June 20, 2005 History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 476, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 421, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 371, sec. 29, effective July 15, 1996. -- Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 512, Pt. 2, sec. 10, effective July 15, 1994. Page 1 of 1