N.Y. Public Health Law § 2995-c: Health care plan and preferred provider organization data

§ 2995-c. Health care plan and preferred provider organization data.

1. Collection. The department shall collect for dissemination via a

statewide health information system, any health care plan and preferred

provider organization data collected for public dissemination pursuant

to the quality assurance reporting requirements developed by the

department in conjunction with the national committee on quality

assurance.

2. Preparation of data and public review. The department shall

thereafter prepare the collected health care plan and preferred provider

organization data for dissemination. The department shall provide each

health care plan with a copy of the health care plan and preferred

provider organization data to be disseminated concerning it. In a manner

and time required by the department, the health care plan shall be

provided with an opportunity to correct factual inaccuracies, and to

file a statement in a form prescribed by the department concerning the

data, which statement shall be disseminated with the data.

3. Dissemination. The department shall thereafter disseminate the

collected health care plan and preferred provider organization data,

organized and segregated by type of product and type of organization

offering the product, with corrections and statements, if any. The

department shall share preferred provider organization data with the

superintendent of financial services.

(a) Thereafter, the health care plan and preferred provider

organization data so disseminated shall be updated at regular intervals

to be determined by the committee.

(b) All health care plan and preferred provider organization data

disseminated shall include the following statement: "THE DATA COLLECTED

BY THE DEPARTMENT IS ACCURATE TO THE BEST OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF MEMBERS

AND STAFF, BASED ON THE INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY THE HEALTH CARE PLAN

WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THE DATA."

(c) If the department determines that any data to be disseminated

pursuant to this section is not useful for determinations concerning

health care quality, the department shall recommend to the legislature

the necessary statutory changes.