IC 16-19-3-35: Collection of ownership information about a hospital, an insurer, a third party administrator, a pharmacy benefit manager, and a health care entity; report

Sec. 35. (a) The state department shall do the following:

(1) Cooperate with the secretary of state and the department of insurance to develop and implement a plan to collect the information described in IC 16-21-6-3(a)(14) through IC 16-21-6-3(a)(18), IC 23-0.5-2-13(a)(6), and IC 27-1-4.5-5.

(2) Annually publish on the state department's website a report concerning the information collected under subdivision (1).

(3) Upon request, provide the information collected under subdivision (1) to any the following:

(A) The legislative council created by IC 2-5-1.1-1.

(B) The office of the attorney general.

(C) The health care cost oversight task force established by IC 2-5-47.

(4) In carrying out the state department's duties under this section, operate within existing appropriations for the state department.

(b) In publishing the report required under subsection (a)(2), the state department:

(1) may omit information the state department determines is not widely available to the general public; and

(2) may not include the name of a person or entity that has an ownership stake in a hospital, health care entity, insurer, third party administrator, or pharmacy benefit manager.