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62J.495 HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE
ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
    Subdivision 1. Establishment; members; duties. (a) The commissioner shall establish a
Health Information Technology and Infrastructure Advisory Committee governed by section
15.059 to advise the commissioner on the following matters:
(1) assessment of the use of health information technology by the state, licensed health care
providers and facilities, and local public health agencies;
(2) recommendations for implementing a statewide interoperable health information
infrastructure, to include estimates of necessary resources, and for determining standards for
administrative data exchange, clinical support programs, patient privacy requirements, and
maintenance of the security and confidentiality of individual patient data; and
(3) other related issues as requested by the commissioner.
(b) The members of the Health Information Technology and Infrastructure Advisory
Committee shall include the commissioners, or commissioners' designees, of health, human
services, administration, and commerce and additional members to be appointed by the
commissioner to include persons representing Minnesota's local public health agencies, licensed
hospitals and other licensed facilities and providers, private purchasers, the medical and nursing
professions, health insurers and health plans, the state quality improvement organization,
academic and research institutions, consumer advisory organizations with an interest and expertise
in health information technology, and other stakeholders as identified by the Health Information
Technology and Infrastructure Advisory Committee.
    Subd. 2. Annual report. The commissioner shall prepare and issue an annual report not
later than January 30 of each year outlining progress to date in implementing a statewide health
information infrastructure and recommending future projects.
    Subd. 3. Expiration. Notwithstanding section 15.059, this section expires June 30, 2009.
History: 1Sp2005 c 4 art 6 s 1

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