0001|                           SENATE BILL 1145
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0002|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                           MANNY M. ARAGON
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO HEALTH; PROVIDING FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF A HEALTH
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0012|     CARE DATA SYSTEM; CREATING A BOARD; PROVIDING POWERS AND
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0013|     DUTIES; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION. 
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0015|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016|          Section 1.  HEALTH CARE DATA BOARD--CREATED--POWERS AND
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0017|     DUTIES.--
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0018|               A.  The "health care data board" is created.  The
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0019|     board shall be composed of one representative of:
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0020|                    (1)  the New Mexico health policy commission,
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0021|     appointed by the chairman of the commission;
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0022|                    (2)  the department of health, appointed by the
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0023|     secretary of health;
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0024|                    (3)  the human services department, appointed
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0025|     by the secretary of human services;
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0001|                    (4)  the department of insurance, appointed by
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0002|     the chairman of the state corporation commission;
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0003|                    (5)  the workers' compensation administration,
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0004|     appointed by the director of the administration;
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0005|                    (6)  the children, youth and families
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0006|     department, appointed by the secretary of children, youth and
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0007|     families;
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0008|                    (7)  the New Mexico hospital association,
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0009|     appointed by the director of the association;
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0010|                    (8)  health maintenance organizations,
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0011|     appointed by the governor;
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0012|                    (9)  health insurers, appointed by the
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0013|     governor;
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0014|                    (10)  the primary care association, appointed
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0015|     by the director of the association;
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0016|                    (11)  the New Mexico nursing home association,
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0017|     appointed by the director of the association; and
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0018|                    (12)  the chief information officer, who shall
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0019|     be the nonvoting chairman.
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0020|               B.  The board shall begin implementation and
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0021|     management of a common health care data system.  The board
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0022|     shall:
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0023|                    (1)  specify formats for electronic data
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0024|     interchange of health data between private and public health
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0025|     care organizations in the state using federal standards where
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0001|     appropriate;
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0002|                    (2)  develop a high-level data architecture for
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0003|     health information in the state; and
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0004|                    (3)  begin development of a data system for
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0005|     secure exchange of electronic data among health organizations.
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0006|               C.  Members of the board who are not state employees
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0007|     or otherwise reimbursed for expenses may receive per diem and
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0008|     mileage pursuant to the Per Diem and Mileage Act.
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0009|               D.  Staff for the board shall be furnished by the
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0010|     office on information and communication management, the New
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0011|     Mexico health policy commission and other state agencies as
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0012|     requested.
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0013|               E.  The board shall report quarterly to the New
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0014|     Mexico health policy commission, the appropriate legislative
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0015|     committees and the health information alliance.
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0016|               F.  The board shall function until July 1, 1999.
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0017|          Section 2.  APPROPRIATION.--Two hundred fifty thousand
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0018|     dollars ($250,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the
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0019|     office on information and communication management for
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0020|     expenditure in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 to implement the
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0021|     health care data system.  Any unexpended or unencumbered
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0022|     balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 1999 shall revert
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0023|     to the general fund.
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0024|          Section 3.  DELAYED REPEAL.--This act is repealed
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0025|     effective July 1, 1999.
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0001|          Section 4.  EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0002|     provisions of this act is July 1, 1997.
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