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216.2923 Health data collection powers and duties -- Transmitting information on insurance experience -- Cabinet advisory committee.

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Page 1 of 2 216.2923 Health data collection powers and duties -- Transmitting information on insurance experience -- Cabinet advisory committee. (1) For the purposes of carrying out the provisions of KRS 216.2920 to 216.2929, the secretary may: <br>(a) Appoint temporary volunteer advisory committees, which may include individuals and representatives of interested public or private entities or <br>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 <br>permission is granted specifically by the secretary a third party hired by the <br>secretary shall not release, publish, or otherwise use any information to which <br>the third party has access under its contract. (2) For the purposes of carrying out the provisions of KRS 216.2920 to 216.2929, the secretary shall: <br>(a) Publish and make available information that relates to the health-care financing and delivery system, information on charges for health-care services <br>and the quality and outcomes of health-care services, the cost of workers' <br>compensation health benefits, motor vehicle health insurance benefits, and <br>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 <br>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 <br>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 <br>secretary on the collection, analysis, and distribution of consumer-oriented <br>information related to the health-care system, the cost of treatment and <br>procedures, outcomes and quality indicators, and policies and regulations to <br>implement the electronic collection and transmission of patient information <br>(e-health) and other cost-saving patient record systems. At a minimum, the <br>committee shall be composed of the following: Page 2 of 2 1. Commissioner of the Department for Public Health; 2. Commissioner of the Department for Mental Health and Mental <br>Retardation Services; 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 <br>Division of Women's Physical and Mental Health, to define quality outcome <br>measurements and to advise the cabinet on technical matters, including a <br>review of administrative regulations promulgated pursuant to KRS Chapter <br>13A, proper interpretation of the data, and the most cost-efficient manner in <br>which it should be published and disseminated to the public, state and local <br>leaders in health policy, health facilities, and health-care providers. The <br>Health Services Data Advisory Committee shall review and make <br>recommendations to the cabinet advisory committee regarding exploration of <br>technical matters related to data from other health-care providers and shall <br>make recommendations on methods for risk-adjusting any data prepared and <br>published by the cabinet. (3) The cabinet may promulgate administrative regulations pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A that impose civil fines not to exceed five hundred dollars (&#36;500) for each <br>violation for knowingly failing to file a report as required under KRS 216.2920 to <br>216.2929. The amount of any fine imposed shall not be included in the allowed <br>costs of a facility for Medicare or Medicaid reimbursement. Effective: July 15, 2010 <br>History: 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 <br>ch. 144, sec. 5, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 427, sec. 9, <br>effective July 15, 1998; and ch. 496, sec. 53, effective April 10, 1998. -- Amended <br>1996 Ky. Acts ch. 371, sec. 26, effective July 15, 1996. -- Created 1994 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 512, Pt. 2, sec. 7, effective July 15, 1994.