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A.C.A. § 20-7-305
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Current as of June 2015
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State Board of Health to provide rules and regulations – data collected not subject to discovery
The State Board of Health must issue rules and regulations on the collection, maintenance, and dissemination of health data. Data that has been collected or disseminated that identifies or could be used to identify a patient, provider, institution, or health plan, is not subject to discovery.
The Department of Human Services may only provide data to the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, or researchers, for research and aggregate statistical reporting, provided that they follow the appropriate confidentiality protections for the data. The Department of Human Services must also provide data to the Arkansas Hospital Association for its price transparency and consumer driven health care project that will make price and quality information about Arkansas hospitals available to the general public. The data must be treated consistent with state and federal privacy laws, including HIPAA. Any identifiable data that has been collected or disseminated is not subject to discovery under the Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure or FOIA. It is unlawful for the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement to release the data to any nongovernmental third party.
Current as of June 2015
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