On a request by a group purchaser or on the commissioner's own initiative, the commissioner shall determine whether to use data from other sources instead of collecting data required by this chapter. To make this determination, the commissioner shall consider whether:
the commissioner will be able to use the data from other sources to meet all statutory data collection, analysis, and privacy requirements.
An organization operating a group purchaser which is part of a system of group purchasers, hospitals, or clinics may request to report to the commissioner for all components of the system as an aggregate. If the commissioner determines that the commissioner will be able to use the data from the system as an aggregate to meet all statutory data collection, analysis, and privacy requirements, then the commissioner shall grant the request.
MS s 62J.321
20 SR 2185
July 10, 2002
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes