Recolección y Envío de Datos de Salud en Texas

Sec. 108.009. DATA SUBMISSION AND COLLECTION. (a) The department may collect, and, except as provided by Subsection (d), providers shall submit to the department or another entity as determined by the department, all data required by this section. The data shall be collected according to uniform submission formats, coding systems, and other technical specifications necessary to make the incoming data substantially valid, consistent, compatible, and manageable using electronic data processing, if available. (b) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules to implement the data submission requirements imposed by Subsection (a) in appropriate stages to allow for the development of efficient systems for the collection and submission of the data. A rule adopted by the executive commissioner that requires submission of a data element that, before adoption of the rule, was not required to be submitted may not take effect before the 90th day after the date the rule is adopted and must take effect not later than the first anniversary after the date the rule is adopted. (c) The department or another entity as determined by the department to collect data from a provider under Subsection (a) shall maintain a database that does not include identifying information for use as authorized by law, including this chapter. (d) The department may not collect data from individual physicians or from an entity that is composed entirely of physicians and that is a professional association organized u