To amend sections 111.15, 3702.11, 3702.16, 3702.18, 3727.11, 3727.12, 3727.14, and 3727.16, to amend for the purpose of adopting new section numbers as indicated in parentheses sections 3727.11 (3727.34), 3727.12 (3727.42), 3727.121 (3727.43), 3727.14 (3727.36), and 3727.16 (3727.45), to enact sections 3727.31, 3727.311, 3727.312, 3727.313, 3727.32, 3727.321, 3727.33, 3727.331, 3727.35, 3727.37, 3727.38, 3727.39, 3727.391, 3727.40, 3727.41, and 3727.44, and to repeal sections 3727.13 and 3727.15 of the Revised Code concerning the submission of information by hospitals about their performance in meeting certain measures and their charges for services.

Section 1. That sections 111.15, 3702.11, 3702.16, 3702.18, 3727.11, 3727.12, 3727.14, and 3727.16 be amended, sections 3727.11 (3727.34), 3727.12 (3727.42), 3727.121 (3727.43), 3727.14 (3727.36), and 3727.16 (3727.45) be amended for the purpose of adopting new section numbers as indicated in parentheses, and sections 3727.31, 3727.311, 3727.312, 3727.313, 3727.32, 3727.321, 3727.33, 3727.331, 3727.35, 3727.37, 3727.38, 3727.39, 3727.391, 3727.40, 3727.41, and 3727.44 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec. 111.15.  (A) As used in this section:

(1) "Rule" includes any rule, regulation, bylaw, or standard having a general and uniform operation adopted by an agency under the authority of the laws governing the agency; any appendix to a rule; and any internal management rule. "Rule" does not include any guideline adopted pursuant to section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code, any order respecting the duties of employees, any finding, any determination of a question of law or fact in a matter presented to an agency, or any rule promulgated pursuant to Chapter 119., section 4141.14, division (C)(1) or (2) of section 5117.02, or section 5703.14 of the Revised Code. "Rule" includes any amendment or rescission of a rule.

(2) "Agency" means any governmental entity of the state and includes, but is not limited to, any board, department, division, commission, bureau, society, council, institution, state college or university, community college district, technical college district, or state community college. "Agency" does not include the general assembly, the controlling board, the adjutant general's department, or any court.

(3) "Internal management rule" means any rule, regulation, bylaw, or standard governing the day-to-day staff procedures and operations within an agency.

(4) "Substantive revision" has the same meaning as in division (J) of section 119.01 of the Revised Code.

(B)(1) Any rule, other than a rule of an emergency nature, adopted by any agency pursuant to this section shall be effective on the tenth day after the day on which the rule in final form and in compliance with division (B)(3) of this section is filed as follows:

(a) The rule shall be filed in electronic form with both the secretary of state and the director of the legislative service commission;

(b) The rule shall be filed in electronic form with the joint committee on agency rule review. Division (B)(1)(b) of this section does not apply to any rule to which division (D) of this section does not apply.

An agency that adopts or amends a rule that is subject to division (D) of this section shall assign a review date to the rule that is not later than five years after its effective date. If no review date is assigned to a rule, or if a review date assigned to a rule exceeds the five-year maximum, the review date for the rule is five years after its effective date. A rule with a review date is subject to review under section 119.032 of the Revised Code. This paragraph does not apply to a rule of a state college or university, community college district, technical college district, or state community college.

If all filings are not completed on the same day, the rule shall be effective on the tenth day after the day on which the latest filing is completed. If an agency in adopting a rule designates an effective date that is later than the effective date provided for by division (B)(1) of this section, the rule if filed as required by such division shall become effective on the later date designated by the agency.

Any rule that is required to be filed under division (B)(1) of this section is also subject to division (D) of this section if not exempted by division (D)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), or (8) of this section.

If a rule incorporates a text or other material by reference, the agency shall comply with sections 121.71 to 121.76 of the Revised Code.

(2) A rule of an emergency nature necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety shall state the reasons for the necessity. The emergency rule, in final form and in compliance with division (B)(3) of this section, shall be filed in electronic form with the secretary of state, the director of the legislative service commission, and the joint committee on agency rule review. The emergency rule is effective immediately upon completion of the latest filing, except that if the agency in adopting the emergency rule designates an effective date, or date and time of day, that is later than the effective date and time provided for by division (B)(2) of this section, the emergency rule if filed as required by such division shall become effective at the later date, or later date and time of day, designated by the agency.

An emergency rule becomes invalid at the end of the ninetieth day it is in effect. Prior to that date, the agency may file the emergency rule as a nonemergency rule in compliance with division (B)(1) of this section. The agency may not refile the emergency rule in compliance with division (B)(2) of this section so that, upon the emergency rule becoming invalid under such division, the emergency rule will continue in effect without interruption for another ninety-day period.

(3) An agency shall file a rule under division (B)(1) or (2) of this section in compliance with the following standards and procedures:

(a) The rule shall be numbered in accordance with the numbering system devised by the director for the Ohio administrative code.

(b) The rule shall be prepared and submitted in compliance with the rules of the legislative service commission.

(c) The rule shall clearly state the date on which it is to be effective and the date on which it will expire, if known.

(d) Each rule that amends or rescinds another rule shall clearly refer to the rule that is amended or rescinded. Each amendment shall fully restate the rule as amended.

If the director of the legislative service commission or the director's designee gives an agency notice pursuant to section 103.05 of the Revised Code that a rule filed by the agency is not in compliance with the rules of the legislative service commission, the agency shall within thirty days after receipt of the notice conform the rule to the rules of the commission as directed in the notice.

(C) All rules filed pursuant to divisions (B)(1)(a) and (2) of this section shall be recorded by the secretary of state and the director under the title of the agency adopting the rule and shall be numbered according to the numbering system devised by the director. The secretary of state and the director shall preserve the rules in an accessible manner. Each such rule shall be a public record open to public inspection and may be transmitted to any law publishing company that wishes to reproduce it.

(D) At least sixty-five days before a board, commission, department, division, or bureau of the government of the state files a rule under division (B)(1) of this section, it shall file the full text of the proposed rule in electronic form with the joint committee on agency rule review, and the proposed rule is subject to legislative review and invalidation under division (I) of section 119.03 of the Revised Code. If a state board, commission, department, division, or bureau makes a substantive revision in a proposed rule after it is filed with the joint committee, the state board, commission, department, division, or bureau shall promptly file the full text of the proposed rule in its revised form in electronic form with the joint committee. The latest version of a proposed rule as filed with the joint committee supersedes each earlier version of the text of the same proposed rule. Except as provided in division (F) of this section, a state board, commission, department, division, or bureau shall also file the rule summary and fiscal analysis prepared under section 121.24 or 127.18 of the Revised Code, or both, in electronic form along with a proposed rule, and along with a proposed rule in revised form, that is filed under this division.

As used in this division, "commission" includes the public utilities commission when adopting rules under a federal or state statute.

This division does not apply to any of the following:

(1) A proposed rule of an emergency nature;

(2) A rule proposed under section 1121.05, 1121.06, 1155.18, 1163.22, 1349.33, 1707.201, 1733.412, 4123.29, 4123.34, 4123.341, 4123.342, 4123.40, 4123.411, 4123.44, or 4123.442 of the Revised Code;

(3) A rule proposed by an agency other than a board, commission, department, division, or bureau of the government of the state;

(4) A proposed internal management rule of a board, commission, department, division, or bureau of the government of the state;

(5) Any proposed rule that must be adopted verbatim by an agency pursuant to federal law or rule, to become effective within sixty days of adoption, in order to continue the operation of a federally reimbursed program in this state, so long as the proposed rule contains both of the following:

(a) A statement that it is proposed for the purpose of complying with a federal law or rule;

(b) A citation to the federal law or rule that requires verbatim compliance.

(6) An initial rule proposed by the director of health to impose safety standards, and quality-of-care standards, and quality-of-care data reporting requirements with respect to a health service specified in section 3702.11 of the Revised Code, or an initial rule proposed by the director to impose quality standards on a facility listed in division (A)(4) of section 3702.30 of the Revised Code, if section 3702.12 of the Revised Code requires that the rule be adopted under this section;

(7) A rule of the state lottery commission pertaining to instant game rules.

If a rule is exempt from legislative review under division (D)(5) of this section, and if the federal law or rule pursuant to which the rule was adopted expires, is repealed or rescinded, or otherwise terminates, the rule is thereafter subject to legislative review under division (D) of this section.

(E) Whenever a state board, commission, department, division, or bureau files a proposed rule or a proposed rule in revised form under division (D) of this section, it shall also file the full text of the same proposed rule or proposed rule in revised form in electronic form with the secretary of state and the director of the legislative service commission. Except as provided in division (F) of this section, a state board, commission, department, division, or bureau shall file the rule summary and fiscal analysis prepared under section 121.24 or 127.18 of the Revised Code, or both, in electronic form along with a proposed rule or proposed rule in revised form that is filed with the secretary of state or the director of the legislative service commission.

(F) Except as otherwise provided in this division, the auditor of state or the auditor of state's designee is not required to file a rule summary and fiscal analysis along with a proposed rule, or proposed rule in revised form, that the auditor of state proposes under section 117.12, 117.19, 117.38, or 117.43 of the Revised Code and files under division (D) or (E) of this section. If, however, the auditor of state or the designee prepares a rule summary and fiscal analysis of the original version of such a proposed rule for purposes of complying with section 121.24 of the Revised Code, the auditor of state or designee shall file the rule summary and fiscal analysis in electronic form along with the original version of the proposed rule filed under division (D) or (E) of this section.

Sec. 3702.11.  The director of health shall adopt rules establishing safety standards, and quality-of-care standards, and quality-of-care data reporting requirements for each of the following:

(A) Solid organ and bone marrow transplantation;

(B) Stem cell harvesting and reinfusion;

(C) Cardiac catheterization;

(D) Open-heart surgery;

(E) Obstetric and newborn care;

(F) Pediatric intensive care;

(G) Operation of linear accelerators;

(H) Operation of cobalt radiation therapy units;

(I) Operation of gamma knives.

Sec. 3702.16.  The rules adopted under section 3702.11 of the Revised Code at a minimum shall specify the following:

(A) A procedure that the director of health shall follow to update and revise safety and quality-of-care standards to account for technological advances;

(B) The responsibilities of the department of health and of health care providers with respect to collection of data and monitoring and enforcing compliance with the safety and quality-of-care standards established by the rules;

(C) The types of reports providers must submit, the types of audits they must undergo, and the frequency with which they must submit the reports and undergo the audits;

(D) The quality-of-care data that must be reported to the department;

(E) A requirement that data be reported to the department no less frequently than annually;

(F) A standardized data reporting format;

(G) A scale for determining the amount of penalties to be imposed under section 3702.20 of the Revised Code based on the severity of the violation.

Sec. 3702.18.  The director of health and any employee or contractor of the department of health shall not make public any quality-of-care data reported to the department pursuant to the rules adopted under section 3702.11 of the Revised Code, as that section existed immediately prior to the effective date of this amendment, or any record copied under section 3702.19 of the Revised Code, that identifies or would tend to identify specific patients.

The director and any employee or contractor of the department shall not make public any data reported to the department pursuant to the rule rules adopted under section 3702.11 of the Revised Code, as that section existed immediately prior to the effective date of this amendment, that requires require reports on specific adverse events, bodily injuries, or complaints.

Sec. 3727.31.  There is hereby created the hospital measures advisory council. The council shall consist of the following members:

(A) The director of health;

(B) The superintendent of insurance;

(C) The executive director of the commission on minority health or the executive director's designee;

(D) Two members of the house of representatives, from different political parties, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives;

(E) Two members of the senate, from different political parties, appointed by the president of the senate;

(F) One representative of each of the following appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives:

(1) Health insurers;

(2) Small employers;

(3) Organized labor;

(4) Physicians in general practice;

(5) Childrens' hospitals.

(G) One representative of each of the following appointed by the president of the senate:

(1) Physicians specializing in public health;

(2) Hospitals;

(3) Health services researchers;

(4) Health care consumers;

(5) Large employers.

Sec. 3727.311.  The director of health shall serve as chair of the hospital measures advisory council. The department of health shall provide meeting space and staff and other administrative support for the council.

Sec. 3727.312.  The hospital measures advisory council shall do all of the following:

(A) Study the issue of hospitals reporting information regarding their performance in meeting measures for hospital inpatient and outpatient services, including how such reports are made in other states;

(B) Not later than one year after the date the last of the initial council members is appointed, issue a report to the director of health with recommendations for all of the following:

(1) Collecting, pursuant to section 3727.33 of the Revised Code, information from hospitals that shows their performance in meeting measures for hospital inpatient and outpatient services;

(2) The audits conducted pursuant to section 3727.331 of the Revised Code;

(3) Disseminating information about the performance of hospitals in meeting the measures, including effective methods of displaying information on any internet web site established under section 3727.39 of the Revised Code;

(4) Explaining to the public how to use the information about the performance of hospitals in meeting the measures, including explanations about the limitations of the information.

(C) Provide the director of health ongoing advice on all of the following:

(1) The issue of hospitals reporting information regarding their performance in meeting measures for hospital inpatient and outpatient services;

(2) Disseminating the information reported by hospitals;

(3) Making improvements to the reports and dissemination of information;

(4) Making changes to the information collection requirements and dissemination methods.

(D) Convene a group of health care consumers, nurses, and experts in infection control, the members of which shall be appointed by the council according to a method selected by the council, to provide information about infection issues to the council as needed for the council to perform its duties.

Sec. 3727.313.  All of the following apply to members of the hospital measures advisory council and the members of the group convened by the council under division (D) of section 3727.312 of the Revised Code:

(A) The members shall serve at the pleasure of their appointing authority.

(B) The members shall serve without remuneration, except to the extent that serving on the council or in the group is considered a part of their regular employment duties.

(C) The members shall not be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties on the council or in the group.

Sec. 3727.32.  (A) The director of health shall convene a group of experts in data collection and analysis or a related field to do all of the following:

(1) Develop, on an ongoing basis, recommendations regarding measures for hospital inpatient and outpatient services and submit the recommendations to the director for the director's consideration when the director adopts rules under section 3727.41 of the Revised Code specifying the measures to be used by hospitals in submitting information to the director under section 3727.33 of the Revised Code;

(2) Issue, not later than one year after the date the last of the initial members of the hospital measures advisory council is appointed, a report to the director that advises the director on how to provide for any internet web site established under section 3727.39 of the Revised Code to include a report on each hospital's overall performance in meeting the measures specified in rules adopted under section 3727.41 of the Revised Code;

(3) Submit to the director guidelines to be used to determine whether a hospital's performance in meeting a particular measure should be excluded from any web site established under section 3727.39 of the Revised Code because the hospital's caseload for the diagnosis or procedure that the measure concerns is insufficient to make the hospital's performance a reliable indicator of its ability to treat the diagnosis or perform the procedure in a quality manner;

(4) Assist the hospital measures advisory council with the part of the report required by division (B) of section 3727.312 of the Revised Code that includes recommendations for the audits conducted pursuant to section 3727.331 of the Revised Code and provide the director ongoing advice on the issue of those audits.

(B) Each member of the hospital measures advisory council shall appoint an individual to serve on a group convened under this section, except that a member of the council who is an expert in data collection and analysis or a related field may serve as a member of the group rather than appoint another individual. The director of health shall ensure that the group's membership includes at least one representative of small and rural hospitals.

The members of the group shall serve without remuneration, except to the extent that serving in the group is considered a part of their regular employment duties. The members shall not be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties in the group.

Sec. 3727.321. (A) The group of experts convened under section 3727.32 of the Revised Code may include in the recommendations developed under division (A)(1) of that section recommendations that the director of health's rules adopted under section 3727.41 of the Revised Code include some or all of the following measures:

(1) Hospital quality measures publicly reported by the centers for medicare and medicaid services;

(2) Hospital quality measures publicly reported by the joint commission on accreditation of healthcare organizations;

(3) Measures included in the patient safety indicators and inpatient quality indicators developed by the agency for health care research and quality;

(4) Measures included in the national voluntary consensus standards for hospital care endorsed by the national quality forum.

(B) In considering whether to recommend that the director include a particular measure in the rules, the group of experts shall consider whether there are any excessive administrative or financial implications associated with the reporting of information by hospitals regarding their performance in meeting the measure.

Sec. 3727.33.  Beginning in 2007, not later than the first day of each April and the first day of each October, each hospital shall submit information to the director of health that shows the hospital's performance in meeting each of the inpatient and outpatient service measures specified in rules adopted under section 3727.41 of the Revised Code.

In submitting information under this section, each hospital shall do all of the following:

(A) Submit the information for the hospital's inpatient and outpatient services regardless of who pays the charges incurred for the services;

(B) For each measure for which the information is submitted, use the form and specifications for the measure that the entity that developed or endorsed the measure recommends be used for the measure;

(C) Adjust for risk, as needed, the information for a particular measure in accordance with the risk adjustment methodology that the entity that developed or endorsed the measure recommends be used for the measure;

(D) Provide for the information to reflect the hospital's performance in meeting the measures over a twelve-month period;

(E) Follow the rules governing the submission of the information that are adopted under section 3727.41 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 3727.331.  The director of health may audit any information submitted to the director under section 3727.33 of the Revised Code, including information adjusted for risk pursuant to division (C) of that section.

Sec. 3727.11 3727.34.  (A) As used in this section, "nongovernmental patient" means any patient other than a patient for whom primary charges are paid under Title XVIII or XIX of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C. 301, as amended, or by the bureau for children with medical handicaps under sections 3701.023 to 3701.028 of the Revised Code.

(B) On Except as provided in division (C) of this section, on or before the first day of each May each year, every each hospital shall disclose submit to the department director of health the following data information pertaining to inpatient services, regardless of who pays the charges incurred for the services, for nongovernmental patients in each of the one hundred sixty diagnosis related groups as defined pursuant to 42 C.F.R. 412 most frequently treated on an inpatient basis in the hospital as represented by inpatient discharges during the previous calendar year:

(1) The total number of patients discharged;

(2) The mean, median, and range of total hospital charges;

(3) The mean, median, and range of length of stay;

(4) The number of admissions from each of the following:

(a) Emergency room;

(b) Transfer from another hospital;

(c) Other sources of admission.

(5) The number of nongovernmental patients falling within diagnosis related group numbers 468, 469, and 470 as defined pursuant to 42 C.F.R. part 412.

(B) On or before the first day of each May, each hospital shall submit to the director of health the following information pertaining to outpatient services, regardless of who pays the charges incurred for the services, for patients in each of the sixty categories of outpatient services most frequently provided by the hospital as represented by outpatient discharges during the previous calendar year:

(1) The mean and median of total hospital charges for the services;

(2) For each of the sixty categories of services, the number of patients for whom the hospital provided the services.

(C) This section does not require disclosure the submission of data information for any diagnosis related group or outpatient service category for which the hospital treated fewer than ten nongovernmental patients during the year.

(D) Each hospital may include with data disclosed the information submitted under this section commentary concerning reasons for major deviations in the range of data the information for any diagnosis related group or outpatient service category. All reports or other releases of information by the department director identifying a hospital shall include the commentary provided by the hospital. The department

(E)(1) The director shall maintain make the information disclosed submitted under division (B) of this section as a public record available to the public in accordance with section 149.43 sections 3727.39 and 3727.40 of the Revised Code.

(C)(2) Every hospital shall make the information it reports submits under division (B) of this section available for inspection by any member of the public at any reasonable time. On request, the hospital shall make copies available for a reasonable fee, and the hospital shall advise the requesting person that the information is available from the department director of health, as provided in sections 3727.39 and 3727.40 of the Revised Code. If a hospital has information available on the average prices of diagnosis related groups, outpatient service categories, or specific procedures not required to be disclosed submitted under this section, it shall make such information available at the request of any member of the public.

If the federal government adopts a severity of illness classification system under Title XVIII of the "Social Security Act," such system shall be used by all hospitals in reporting their diagnosis related group prices effective with hospital fiscal years beginning on or after said action, and if the federal government fails to act by July 1, 1988, the public health council shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code requiring the use of one or more severity of illness classification systems effective with hospital fiscal years beginning on or after January 1, 1989.

Sec. 3727.35.  The director of health shall permit a hospital to verify the accuracy of all information submitted to the director under sections 3727.33 and 3727.34 of the Revised Code and provide corrections of the information in a timely manner.

Sec. 3727.14 3727.36.  Under no circumstances shall the name or social security number of a patient or, physician, or dentist be included in the data disclosed information submitted under sections 3727.11 and 3727.13 section 3727.33 or 3727.34 of the Revised Code.

The health care information data base collected by the department of health under section 3727.13 of the Revised Code and any analysis of such information shall be maintained as a public record within the meaning of section 149.43 of the Revised Code. No data collected by the department pursuant to this section shall be released to the public except on an aggregate basis by geographic area, by institution, or by other aggregation.

No hospital that discloses data under section 3727.11 or 3727.13 of the Revised Code is liable for misuse or improper release of the data by the department or by any other person.

Sec. 3727.37. A hospital that submits information under section 3727.33 or 3727.34 of the Revised Code is not liable for the misuse or improper release of the information by any of the following:

(A) The department of health;

(B) A person with whom the director of health contracts under section 3727.391 of the Revised Code;

(C) A person whose misuse or improper release of the information is not done on behalf of the hospital.

Sec. 3727.38.  The information submitted under section 3727.33 or 3727.34 of the Revised Code shall not be used to establish or alter any professional standard of care. The information is not admissible as evidence in any civil, criminal, or administrative proceeding.

Sec. 3727.39.  (A) The duties of the director of health under this section are subject to section 3727.391 of the Revised Code.

(B) Not later than ninety days after a hospital submits information to the director of health under section 3727.33 or 3727.34 of the Revised Code, the director shall make the submitted information available on an internet web site. In making the information available on a web site, the director shall do all of the following:

(1) Make the web site available to the public without charge;

(2) Provide for the web site to be organized in a manner that enables the public to use it easily;

(3) Exclude from the web site any information that compromises patient privacy;

(4) Include links to hospital internet web sites to enable the public to obtain additional information about hospitals, including hospital programs designed to enhance quality and safety;

(5) Allow other internet web sites to link to the web site for purposes of increasing the web site's availability and encouraging ongoing improvement;

(6) Update the web site as needed to include new information and to correct errors.

(C) The information submitted under section 3727.33 of the Revised Code shall be presented on the web site in a manner that enables the public to compare the performance of hospitals in meeting the measures for hospital inpatient and outpatient services specified in rules adopted under section 3727.41 of the Revised Code. In making the information available on a web site, the director shall do all of the following:

(1) Enable the public to compare the performance of hospitals in meeting the measures for specific diagnoses and procedures;

(2) Enable the public to make the comparisons by different geographic regions, such as by county or zip code;

(3) Based on the report issued to the director pursuant to division (A)(2) of section 3727.32 of the Revised Code, include a report of each hospital's overall performance in meeting the measures;

(4) To the extent possible, include state and federal benchmarks for the measures;

(5) Include contextual information and explanations that the public can easily understand, including contextual information that explains why differences in the performance of hospitals in meeting the measures may be misleading;

(6) Exclude from the web site a hospital's performance in meeting a particular measure if the hospital's caseload for the diagnosis or procedure that the measure concerns is insufficient, as determined in accordance with the guidelines submitted to the director under division (A)(3) of section 3727.32 of the Revised Code, to make the hospital's performance for the diagnosis or procedure a reliable indicator of its ability to treat the diagnosis or provide the procedure in a quality manner;

(7) Clearly identify the sources of information used in the web site and explain both of the following:

(a) The analytical methods used in determining the performance of hospitals in meeting the measures;

(b) The risk adjustment methodologies that hospitals use to adjust information submitted to the director pursuant to division (C) of section 3727.33 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 3727.391. (A) The duties of the director of health under section 3727.39 of the Revised Code apply only to the extent that appropriations are made by the general assembly to make performance of the duties possible.

(B) Subject to division (A) of this section, the director shall enter into a contract with a person under which the director's duties under section 3727.39 of the Revised Code are performed by the person pursuant to the contract. The contract may be entered into with any person selected by the director. For purposes of section 3727.39 of the Revised Code, all references to the director are references to the person who is under contract with the director pursuant to this division.

The department of health may accept gifts, grants, donations, and awards for purposes of paying the fees or other costs incurred when a contract is entered into under this division.

Sec. 3727.40. Not later than ninety days after a hospital submits information to the director of health under section 3727.33 or 3727.34 of the Revised Code, the director shall make the submitted information available for sale to any interested person or government entity. When the director sells the information, the fee charged shall not exceed a reasonable amount.

Sec. 3727.41. (A) The director of health shall adopt rules governing hospitals in their submission of information to the director under sections 3727.33 and 3727.34 of the Revised Code. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.

(B)(1) The rules for submission of information under section 3727.33 of the Revised Code shall include rules specifying the inpatient and outpatient service measures to be used by hospitals in submitting the information. The rules may include any of the measures recommended by the group of experts convened under section 3727.32 of the Revised Code and shall include measures from the following:

(a) Hospital quality measures publicly reported by the centers for medicare and medicaid services;

(b) Hospital quality measures publicly reported by the joint commission on accreditation of healthcare organizations;

(c) Measures that examine volume of cases, adjusted length of stay, complications, infections, or mortality rates and are developed by the agency for health care research and quality;

(d) Measures included in the national voluntary consensus standards for hospital care endorsed by the national quality forum.

(2) In adopting rules specifying the measures to be used by hospitals in submitting the information, the director shall consider both of the following:

(a) Whether hospitals have a sufficient caseload to make a particular measure a reliable indicator of their ability to treat a diagnosis or perform a procedure in a quality manner;

(b) Whether there are any excessive administrative or financial implications associated with the reporting of information by hospitals regarding their performance in meeting a particular measure.

Sec. 3727.12 3727.42.  (A) Every hospital shall compile and make available for inspection by the public a price information list containing the following information, which specified in division (B) of this section and shall be updated periodically update the list to maintain current information. The price information list shall be compiled and made available in a format that complies with the electronic transaction standards and code sets adopted by the United States secretary of health and human services under 42 U.S.C. 1320d-2.

(B) Each price information list required by division (A) of this section shall contain all of the following information:

(1) The usual and customary room and board charges for each level of care within the hospital, including but not limited to private rooms, semiprivate rooms, other multiple patient rooms, and intensive care and other specialty units;

(2) Rates charged for nursing care, if the hospital charges separately for nursing care;

(3) The usual and customary charges, stated separately for inpatients and outpatients if different charges are imposed, for any of the following services provided by the hospital:

(a) The thirty most common x-ray and radiological procedures;

(b) The thirty most common laboratory procedures;

(c) Emergency room services;

(d) Operating room services;

(e) Delivery room services;

(f) Physical, occupational, and pulmonary therapy services;

(g) Any other services designated as high volume services by a rule which shall be adopted by the public health council.

(B) The list required by division (A) of this section shall specify whether (4) The hospital's billing policies, including whether the hospital charges interest on an amount not paid in full by any person or government entity and the interest rate charged;

(5) Whether or not the charges listed include fees for the services of hospital-based anesthesiologists, radiologists, pathologists, and emergency room physicians. If the and, if a charge does not include such fees, the listing shall specify how such fee information can be obtained.

(C) At Every hospital shall do all of the following with the price information list required by this section:

(1) At the time of admission, or as soon as practical thereafter, the hospital shall inform each patient of the availability of the price information list required by this section and on request shall provide the patient with a free copy of the list. On;

(2) On request, a hospital shall provide a paper copy of the list to any person or governmental agency, subject to payment of a reasonable fee for copying and processing;

(3) Make the list available free of charge on the hospital's internet web site.

Sec. 3727.121 3727.43.  Each hospital shall provide a full disclosure of the provisions of section 3924.21 of the Revised Code to every beneficiary who receives services at the hospital.

Sec. 3727.44.  The director of health may adopt rules to carry out the purposes of sections 3727.42 and 3727.43 of the Revised Code. All rules adopted pursuant to this section shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.

Sec. 3727.16 3727.45.  The director of health may apply to the court of common pleas of the county in which a hospital is located for a temporary or permanent injunction restraining the hospital from failure to comply with sections 3727.11 3727.33, 3727.34, and 3727.12 3727.42 of the Revised Code.

Section 2. That existing sections 111.15, 3702.11, 3702.16, 3702.18, 3727.11, 3727.12, 3727.121, 3727.14, and 3727.16 and sections 3727.13 and 3727.15 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.