§ 2996. Study of physician credentialing. 1. The department shall
examine the feasibility of establishing a clearinghouse for
credentialing information to reduce the burden for physicians required
to submit credentials to entities licensed and regulated by the state.
As part of such examination, the department shall:

(a) examine the efficacy of the credentialing process prescribed by
section twenty-eight hundred five-j of this chapter;

(b) determine which methods of organizing such a clearinghouse with
standardized data in a standardized format will provide the greatest
usability and convenience to health care providers and health care
plans;

(c) identify the most appropriate entity to administer such a
clearinghouse, and verify collected credential information; and

(d) identify safeguards to protect the privacy of providers
participating in such a credentialing system.

2. The department shall provide a report of its findings and
recommendations to the governor and legislature within eighteen months
of the effective date of this section.