§ 2995-C — Health care plan and preferred provider organization data

New York § 2995-C

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law PBH: Public Health
• Title 1: Health Information
• Art. 29-D: Health Information and Quality Improvement

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§ 2995-c. Health care plan and preferred provider organization data.\n1. Collection. The department shall collect for dissemination via a\nstatewide health information system, any health care plan and preferred\nprovider organization data collected for public dissemination pursuant\nto the quality assurance reporting requirements developed by the\ndepartment in conjunction with the national committee on quality\nassurance.\n 2. Preparation of data and public review. The department shall\nthereafter prepare the collected health care plan and preferred provider\norganization data for dissemination. The department shall provide each\nhealth care plan with a copy of the health care plan and preferred\nprovider organization data to be disseminated concerning it. In a manner\nand time required by the department, the health care plan shall be\nprovided with an opportunity to correct factual inaccuracies, and to\nfile a statement in a form prescribed by the department concerning the\ndata, which statement shall be disseminated with the data.\n 3. Dissemination. The department shall thereafter disseminate the\ncollected health care plan and preferred provider organization data,\norganized and segregated by type of product and type of organization\noffering the product, with corrections and statements, if any. The\ndepartment shall share preferred provider organization data with the\nsuperintendent of financial services.\n (a) Thereafter, the health care plan and preferred provider\norganization data so disseminated shall be updated at regular intervals\nto be determined by the committee.\n (b) All health care plan and preferred provider organization data\ndisseminated shall include the following statement: "THE DATA COLLECTED\nBY THE DEPARTMENT IS ACCURATE TO THE BEST OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF MEMBERS\nAND STAFF, BASED ON THE INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY THE HEALTH CARE PLAN\nWHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THE DATA."\n (c) If the department determines that any data to be disseminated\npursuant to this section is not useful for determinations concerning\nhealth care quality, the department shall recommend to the legislature\nthe necessary statutory changes.\n