SF 2974 Summary

• Amends electronic health record (EHR) requirements for hospitals and health care providers to meet interoperability standards certified under the federal HITECH Act within three-year periods.

• Creates new health information exchange (HIE) certification and oversight authority for the Commissioner of Health to regulate health data intermediaries and health information organizations through certificates of authority.

• Establishes administrative penalties up to $25,000 per violation for health information exchange service providers, with suspension or revocation authority for non-compliance with state requirements.

• Requires uniform formulary exception forms and electronic drug prior authorization systems to be submitted through secure electronic transmissions by January 1, 2015, eliminating facsimile submissions.

• Appropriates $104,000 in fiscal year 2011 and $97,000 in base funding for fiscal years 2012-2013 to the Department of Health for health information exchange oversight duties.