Statewide health information exchange-codification.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and text do not provide specific details about the fees or rules, only that they will be established by the Department of Health.

Statewide Health Information Exchange

This act codifies and continues the statewide health information exchange in Wyoming, allowing the Department of Health to manage it and charge fees for its operation.

What This Bill Does

• Codifies the existing statewide health information exchange system.
• Gives the Department of Health the authority to run and maintain the exchange.
• Allows the Department to set reasonable fees for participating entities in an amount sufficient to cover costs, excluding individual patients.
• Requires the Department to create rules by July 1, 2021, to manage the exchange and participation fees.

Who It Names or Affects

• Health care providers who share electronic health information through the statewide health information exchange.
• The Wyoming Department of Health which will administer and maintain the exchange.

Terms To Know

health information exchange

A system that allows different healthcare organizations to securely share patient medical records and other health data.

rulemaking authority

The power given to an agency, like the Department of Health, to create rules for managing a program or service.

Limits and Unknowns

• Does not specify how much fees will be charged by the Department.
• Only applies to entities participating in the exchange and does not affect individual patients directly.

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 21LSO-0222
Bill No.:

SF0054

Effective:

Multiple Dates

LSO No.:

21LSO-0222

Enrolled Act No.:

SEA No. 0011

Chapter No.:

29

Prime Sponsor:

Joint Labor, Health & Social Services Interim Committee

Catch Title:

Statewide health information exchange-codification.

Subject:

Sharing of electronic health information between health care providers.

Summary/Major Elements:

This bill codifies the statewide health information exchange authorized by 2016 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 31, Section 048.

The bill authorizes the Department of Health to continue administering the exchange to facilitate the secure and voluntary sharing of electronic health information between health care providers for the benefit of Wyoming residents.

The bill also authorizes the Department to impose reasonable fees upon participating entities in an amount sufficient to recoup the department's costs for administering and maintaining the exchange.

The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent.

While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

Current Bill Text

21LSO-0222

ORIGINAL Senate

File No
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SF0054

ENROLLED ACT NO. 11,

SENATE

SIXTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2021 General Session

AN ACT relating to the administration of government; codifying the statewide health information exchange; authorizing the department of health to administer and maintain the exchange; authorizing the department to establish fees for participation in the exchange; providing rulemaking authority; and providing for effective dates.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
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W.S. 9
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131 is created to read:

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Wyoming health information exchange.

(a)

This section codifies the statewide health information exchange authorized by 2016 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 31, Section 048, except that the term "multi
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payer" in that section shall not be codified or impose any requirements on the operation of the information exchange as provided for under this section. The department of health is authorized to administer and maintain the exchange to facilitate the secure and voluntary sharing of electronic health information between health care providers for the benefit of Wyoming residents.

(b)

The department may charge reasonable participation fees to participating entities, which shall not include individual patients, subject to the following:

(i)

Fees shall be established by rule promulgated in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act;

(ii)

Fees shall be established in an amount sufficient to recoup the department's costs for
administering and maintaining the exchange in accordance with this section; and

(iii)

Fees collected by the department pursuant to this section shall be credited to a special revenue account, which shall be expended only for administration and maintenance costs associated with operating the statewide health information exchange.

Section 2.

The department shall adopt rules as necessary to implement and administer the statewide health information exchange and participation fees authorized by this act on or before July 1, 2021, provided these rules shall not take effect until July 1, 2021.

Section 3.

(a)

Except as otherwise provided by subsection (b) of this section, this act is effective July 1, 2021.

(b)

Sections 2 and 3 of this act are effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a
bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

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