(a) For purposes of this section:
(1) “Health care provider” means any individual, corporation, facility or institution licensed by the state to provide health care services; and
(2) “Electronic health record system” means a computer-based information system that is used to create, collect, store, manipulate, share, exchange or make available electronic health records for the purposes of the delivery of patient care.
(b) Not later than one year after commencement of the operation of the State-wide Health Information Exchange, each hospital licensed under chapter 368v and clinical laboratory licensed under section 19a-30 shall maintain an electronic health record system capable of connecting to and participating in the State-wide Health Information Exchange and shall apply to begin the process of connecting to, and participating in, the State-wide Health Information Exchange.
(c) Not later than two years after commencement of the operation of the State-wide Health Information Exchange, (1) each health care provider with an electronic health record system capable of connecting to, and participating in, the State-wide Health Information Exchange shall apply to begin the process of connecting to, and participating in, the State-wide Health Information Exchange, and (2) each health care provider without an electronic health record system capable of connecting to, and participating in, the State-wide Health Information Exchange shall be capable of sending and receiving secure messages that comply with the Direct Project specifications published by the federal Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
(P.A. 15-146, S. 22; June. Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 126.)
History: P.A. 15-146 effective June 30, 2015; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (c) by designating existing provisions re applying to connect to and participate in State-wide Health Information Exchange as Subdiv. (1), and adding Subdiv. (2) re health care provider without electronic health record system capable of participating in the State-wide Health Information Exchange, effective October 31, 2017.
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