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Committee hears testimony for statewide time‑sensitive emergencies data repository bill
Summary
Supporters told the House Health Care and Wellness Committee that House Bill 2,232 would create a Department of Health‑operated data repository for trauma, cardiac and stroke events to improve timeliness of care and quality improvement; hospitals warned about resource needs and implementation costs.
House Health Care and Wellness Committee — The House Health Care and Wellness Committee heard testimony Jan. 27 on House Bill 2,232, a proposal to establish a statewide time‑sensitive emergencies data repository that would collect trauma, cardiac and stroke datasets and be operated by the Department of Health under a private contract.
Chris Blake, staff to the committee, summarized the bill’s requirements, including Department of Health selection of relevant data elements, quarterly performance reporting, a statewide quality improvement plan, and assistance to critical access and rural hospitals ‘‘subject to appropriated funds.’’
Representative Partially, the bill’s prime sponsor, told the…
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