* § 2816. Statewide planning and research cooperative system. 1. (a) The statewide planning and research cooperative system in the department is continued, as provided in and subject to this section, within amounts appropriated for that purpose. The system shall be developed and operated by the commissioner in consultation with the council, as may be specified by regulation of the commissioner. Any component or components of the system may be operated under a different name or names, and may be structured as separate systems. In making regulations under this section, subsequent to April first, two thousand eleven, the commissioner shall consult with the superintendent of financial services or the head of any agency that succeeds the department of financial services, health care providers, third-party health care payers, and advocates representing patients; protect the confidentiality of patient-identifiable information; promote the accuracy and completeness of reporting; and minimize the burden on institutional and non-institutional health care providers and third-party health care payers.

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(b) As used in this section, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

(i) “Health care” means any services, supplies, equipment, or prescription drugs referred to in subdivision two of this section.

(ii) “Health care provider” includes, in addition to its common meanings, a clinical laboratory, a pharmacy, an entity that is an integrated organization of health care providers, and an accountable care organization of health care providers.

(iii) “System” means the statewide planning and research cooperative system under this section, and any separate system under this subdivision.

(iv) “Third-party health care payer” includes, but is not limited to, an insurer, organization or corporation licensed or certified pursuant to article thirty-two, forty-three or forty-seven of the insurance law, or article forty-four of the public health law; or an entity such as a pharmacy benefits manager, fiscal administrator, or administrative services provider that participates in the administration of a third-party health care payer system.

(v) “Covered person” is a person covered under a third-party health care payer contract, agreement, or arrangement.

2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, regulations governing the system shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

(a) Specification of patient, covered person, claims, and other data elements and format which shall be reported including data related to:

(i) inpatient hospitalization data from general hospitals;

(ii) ambulatory surgery data from hospital-based ambulatory surgery services and all other ambulatory surgery facilities licensed under this article;

(iii) emergency department data from general hospitals;

(iv) outpatient, clinical laboratory, and prescription data, including but not limited to data from or relating to services, supplies, equipment, and prescription drugs provided or ordered by general hospitals and diagnostic and treatment centers licensed under this article, pharmacies, clinical laboratories, and other health care providers;

(v) covered person and claims data; and

(vi) the data specified in this paragraph shall include the identification of patients transferred, admitted or treated subsequent to a medical, surgical or diagnostic procedure by a licensed health care professional or at a health care site or facility.