1.  The Department shall, to the extent that federal money is available for this purpose, establish an all-payer claims database of information relating to health insurance claims resulting from medical, dental or pharmacy benefits provided in this State.

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2.  If the Department establishes an all-payer claims database pursuant to subsection 1, the Department shall:

(a) Establish a secure process for uploading data to the database pursuant to NRS 439B.840. When establishing that process, the Department shall consider the time and cost incurred to upload data to the database.

(b) Establish and carry out a process to review the data submitted to the database to:

(1) Ensure the accuracy of the data and the consistency of records; and

(2) Identify and remove duplicate records.

3.  If the Department establishes an all-payer claims database pursuant to subsection 1, the Department:

(a) Shall adopt regulations to establish an advisory committee to make recommendations to the Department concerning the collection, analysis and reporting of data in the all-payer claims database, secure access to such data and the release of such data pursuant to NRS 439B.800 to 439B.875, inclusive.

(b) May adopt regulations to establish any other advisory committee if necessary to assist the Department in carrying out the provisions of NRS 439B.800 to 439B.875, inclusive.

4.  The membership of any advisory committee established pursuant to subsection 3 must include, without limitation, representatives of providers of health care, health facilities, health authorities, as defined in NRS 439.005, health maintenance organizations, private insurers, nonprofit organizations that represent consumers of health care services and each of the two entities that submit data concerning the largest number of claims to the database.