(a) The Lieutenant Governor shall, within existing resources, designate an individual to serve as Health Information Technology Officer. The Health Information Technology Officer shall (1) be responsible for coordinating all state health information technology initiatives; (2) seek funding for and oversee the planning, implementation and development of policies and procedures for the administration of the all-payer claims database program established under section 19a-755a; and (3) establish and maintain a consumer health information Internet web site as described in section 19a-755b. The Health Information Technology Officer may seek private and federal funds for staffing to support such initiatives.

(b) The Health Information Technology Officer shall, in consultation with the Health Information Technology Advisory Council, maintain written procedures for implementing and administering the all-payer claims database program established under section 19a-755a. Any such written procedures shall include (1) reporting requirements for reporting entities, as defined in section 19a-755a; and (2) requirements for providing notice to a reporting entity, as defined in section 19a-755a, of any alleged failure on the part of such reporting entity to comply with such reporting requirements.

(c) Unless expressly specified, nothing in this section or section 19a-755a and no action taken by the Health Information Technology Officer pursuant to this section or section 19a-755a shall be construed to preempt, supersede or affect the authority of the Insurance Commissioner to regulate the business of insurance in the state.

(P.A. 16-77, S. 4; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 112.)

History: P.A. 16-77 effective June 2, 2016; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 designated existing provisions re designation of Health Information Technology Officer as Subsec. (a), and amended same to designate existing provisions re coordinating state health information technology initiatives as Subdiv. (1), add Subdiv. (2) re all-payer claims database program, and add Subdiv. (3) re consumer health information Internet web site, added Subsec. (b) re written procedures for implementing and administering all-payer claims database program, and added Subsec. (c) re authority of Insurance Commissioner, effective October 31, 2017.