N.Y. PBH Law § 2995-B

§ 2995-b. Hospital report cards. 1. Collection. The department shall\ncollect the following hospital data for dissemination to inform consumer\ndecisionmaking via a statewide health information system:\n (a) Utilization and performance information to promote quality\nimprovement activities which was collected and evaluated for appropriate\ndissemination pursuant to subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of\nsubdivision one of the former section twenty-eight hundred seven-n of\nthis chapter, as added by section sixty of chapter six hundred\nthirty-nine of the laws of nineteen hundred ninety-six;\n (b) Statewide performance data comparing utilization and selected\nperformance measures to accepted norms and/or benchmarks developed by\nrecognized experts, which were developed pursuant to subparagraph (iii)\nof paragraph (a) of subdivision one of the former section twenty-eight\nhundred seven-n of this chapter, as added by section sixty of chapter\nsix hundred thirty-nine of the laws of nineteen hundred ninety-six; and\n (c) Other hospital data, if any, collected for public dissemination by\nthe state task force on health care quality improvement pursuant to the\nformer section twenty-eight hundred four-b of this chapter, as added by\nsection sixty-a of chapter six hundred thirty-nine of the laws of\nnineteen hundred ninety-six.\n 2. Preparation of data and public review. The department shall\nthereafter prepare and risk-adjust as appropriate the collected hospital\ndata for dissemination pursuant to the former subparagraph (iii) of\nparagraph (c) of subdivision two of section twenty-eight hundred four-b\nof this chapter, as added by section sixty-a of chapter six hundred\nthirty-nine of the laws of nineteen hundred ninety-six. The department\nshall coordinate its efforts with programs of the national forum for\nhealth care quality measurement and reporting (quality forum). The\ndepartment shall provide each hospital with a copy of the hospital data\nto be disseminated concerning it. In a manner and time required by the\ndepartment, the hospital shall be provided with an opportunity to\ncorrect factual inaccuracies, and to file a statement in a form\nprescribed by the department concerning the data, which statement shall\nbe disseminated with such data.\n 3. Dissemination. The department shall thereafter disseminate the\ncollected hospital data, with corrections and statements, if any.\n (a) Thereafter, the hospital data so disseminated shall be updated at\nregular intervals to be determined by the department.\n (b) All hospital data disseminated shall include the following\nstatement: "THE DATA COLLECTED BY THE DEPARTMENT IS ACCURATE TO THE BEST\nOF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE DEPARTMENT, BASED ON THE INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY\nTHE HOSPITAL WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THE DATA."\n (c) If the department determines that any data to be disseminated\npursuant to this section is not useful for making quality\ndeterminations, the department shall recommend to the legislature the\nnecessary statutory changes.\n