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SB 565 Health-related data elements; Secretary of Health & Human Resources to create a reference database.

Introduced by: Benjamin J. Lambert III | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Secretary of Health and Human Services; development of health-related database. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop a reference database of statewide health-related data elements. In order to develop the reference database, each agency within the Health and Human Resources Secretariat shall submit to the Secretary (i) a list of the names and a general narrative description of its existing automated systems containing statewide health-related data; (ii) the hardware and software platforms upon which each identified system is running; and (iii) a data dictionary describing the data fields comprising the system, which data dictionary shall include a narrative description of each data field. The Secretary shall ensure that each agency within the Secretariat uses the database information to the greatest extent possible to improve the overall efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the services rendered by such agencies.


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