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To amend sections 3727.35, 3727.36, 3727.37, 3727.38, | 1 |
3727.39, 3727.40, 3727.41, and 3727.45 and to | 2 |
repeal sections 3727.31, 3727.311, 3727.312, | 3 |
3727.313, 3727.32, 3727.321, 3727.33, and 3727.331 | 4 |
of the Revised Code to repeal certain hospital | 5 |
performance reporting requirements. | 6 |
Section 1. That sections 3727.35, 3727.36, 3727.37, 3727.38, | 7 |
3727.39, 3727.40, 3727.41, and 3727.45 of the Revised Code be | 8 |
amended to read as follows: | 9 |
Sec. 3727.35. The director of health shall permit a hospital | 10 |
to verify the accuracy of all information submitted to the | 11 |
director under | 12 |
Code and provide corrections of the information in a timely | 13 |
manner. | 14 |
Sec. 3727.36. Under no circumstances shall the name or | 15 |
social security number of a patient, physician, or dentist be | 16 |
included in the information submitted under section | 17 |
3727.34 of the Revised Code. | 18 |
Sec. 3727.37. A hospital that submits information under | 19 |
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the misuse or improper release of the information by any of the | 21 |
following: | 22 |
(A) The department of health; | 23 |
(B) A person with whom the director of health contracts under | 24 |
section 3727.391 of the Revised Code; | 25 |
(C) A person whose misuse or improper release of the | 26 |
information is not done on behalf of the hospital. | 27 |
Sec. 3727.38. The information submitted under section | 28 |
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establish or alter any professional standard of care. The | 30 |
information is not admissible as evidence in any civil, criminal, | 31 |
or administrative proceeding. | 32 |
Sec. 3727.39. (A) The duties of the director of health under | 33 |
this section are subject to section 3727.391 of the Revised Code. | 34 |
(B) Not later than ninety days after a hospital submits | 35 |
information to the director of health under section | 36 |
3727.34 of the Revised Code, the director shall make the submitted | 37 |
information available on an internet web site. In making the | 38 |
information available on a web site, the director shall do all of | 39 |
the following: | 40 |
(1) Make the web site available to the public without charge; | 41 |
(2) Provide for the web site to be organized in a manner that | 42 |
enables the public to use it easily; | 43 |
(3) Exclude from the web site any information that | 44 |
compromises patient privacy; | 45 |
(4) Include links to hospital internet web sites to enable | 46 |
the public to obtain additional information about hospitals, | 47 |
including hospital programs designed to enhance quality and | 48 |
safety; | 49 |
(5) Allow other internet web sites to link to the web site | 50 |
for purposes of increasing the web site's availability and | 51 |
encouraging ongoing improvement; | 52 |
(6) Update the web site as needed to include new information | 53 |
and to correct errors. | 54 |
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Sec. 3727.40. Not later than ninety days after a hospital | 91 |
submits information to the director of health under section | 92 |
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the submitted information available for sale to any interested | 94 |
person or government entity. When the director sells the | 95 |
information, the fee charged shall not exceed a reasonable amount. | 96 |
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governing hospitals in their submission of information to the | 98 |
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Code. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. | 100 |
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Sec. 3727.45. The director of health may apply to the court | 136 |
of common pleas of the county in which a hospital is located for a | 137 |
temporary or permanent injunction restraining the hospital from | 138 |
failure to comply with sections | 139 |
the Revised Code. | 140 |
Section 2. That existing sections 3727.35, 3727.36, 3727.37, | 141 |
3727.38, 3727.39, 3727.40, 3727.41, and 3727.45 and sections | 142 |
3727.31, 3727.311, 3727.312, 3727.313, 3727.32, 3727.321, 3727.33, | 143 |
and 3727.331 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed. | 144 |