§ 2995-c. Health care plan and preferred provider organization data.
1. Collection. The department shall collect for dissemination via a
statewide health information system, any health care plan and preferred
provider organization data collected for public dissemination pursuant
to the quality assurance reporting requirements developed by the
department in conjunction with the national committee on quality
assurance.

2. Preparation of data and public review. The department shall
thereafter prepare the collected health care plan and preferred provider
organization data for dissemination. The department shall provide each
health care plan with a copy of the health care plan and preferred
provider organization data to be disseminated concerning it. In a manner
and time required by the department, the health care plan shall be
provided with an opportunity to correct factual inaccuracies, and to
file a statement in a form prescribed by the department concerning the
data, which statement shall be disseminated with the data.

3. Dissemination. The department shall thereafter disseminate the
collected health care plan and preferred provider organization data,
organized and segregated by type of product and type of organization
offering the product, with corrections and statements, if any. The
department shall share preferred provider organization data with the
superintendent of financial services.

(a) Thereafter, the health care plan and preferred provider
organization data so disseminated shall be updated at regular intervals
to be determined by the committee.

(b) All health care plan and preferred provider organization data
disseminated shall include the following statement: "THE DATA COLLECTED
BY THE DEPARTMENT IS ACCURATE TO THE BEST OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF MEMBERS
AND STAFF, BASED ON THE INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY THE HEALTH CARE PLAN
WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THE DATA."

(c) If the department determines that any data to be disseminated
pursuant to this section is not useful for determinations concerning
health care quality, the department shall recommend to the legislature
the necessary statutory changes.