HB 1426-S2.E - DIGEST
(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 3/03/17)

Authorizes the department of health to provide data in the prescription monitoring program to the following: (1) The director of the state health care authority regarding medicaid clients for the purposes of quality improvement, patient safety, and care coordination;

(2) Personnel of the department of health for assessing prescribing practices, including controlled substances-related mortality and morbidity, and providing quality improvement feedback to providers;

(3) A health care facility or entity or a health care provider group of five or more providers for quality improvement purposes;

(4) The local health officer of a local health jurisdiction for patient follow-up and care coordination following a controlled substance overdose event; and

(5) The coordinated care electronic tracking program.

Requires the department of health to: (1) Provide certain facilities, entities, and provider groups with certain prescriber information;

(2) In consultation with the state hospital association, the state medical association, and the state health care authority, to determine what prescriber information will be provided; and

(3) Provide dispenser or prescriber data and data that includes indirect patient identifiers to the state hospital association for use solely in connection with its coordinated quality improvement program.