Connecticut General Statutes 19a-613 – Powers and duties. Data collection
(a) The Health Systems Planning Unit may employ the most effective and practical means necessary to fulfill the purposes of this chapter, which may include, but need not be limited to:
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 19a-613
- Executive director: means the executive director of the Office of Health Strategy. See Connecticut General Statutes 19a-630
- Office: means the Office of Health Strategy. See Connecticut General Statutes 19a-630
- Person: means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, governmental subdivision, agency or public or private organization of any character, but does not include the agency conducting the proceeding. See Connecticut General Statutes 19a-630
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- Unit: means the Health Systems Planning Unit. See Connecticut General Statutes 19a-630
(1) Collecting patient-level outpatient data from health care facilities, as defined in section 19a-630, and birth centers, as defined in section 19a-490;
(2) Establishing a cooperative data collection effort, across public and private sectors, to assure that adequate health care personnel demographics are readily available; and
(3) Performing the duties and functions as enumerated in subsection (b) of this section.
(b) The unit shall: (1) Authorize and oversee the collection of data required to carry out the provisions of this chapter; (2) oversee and coordinate health system planning for the state; (3) monitor health care costs; and (4) implement and oversee health care reform as enacted by the General Assembly.
(c) The executive director of the Office of Health Strategy, or any person the executive director designates, may conduct a hearing and render a final decision in any case when a hearing is required or authorized under the provisions of any statute dealing with the Health Systems Planning Unit.