ORS 431A.530
Oregon Health Authority duties

  • database
  • confidentiality

(1)

The Oregon Health Authority shall, in accordance with recommendations made by the Stroke Care Committee established under ORS 431A.525 (Stroke Care Committee), establish and implement a plan for achieving continuous improvement in the quality of stroke care. In implementing the plan, the authority shall:

(a)

Require hospitals certified as Comprehensive Stroke Centers or Primary Stroke Centers through the Joint Commission or an equivalent organization, and encourage all other hospitals, to submit stroke care data to a database designated by the authority. A hospital that submits stroke care data under this paragraph must authorize the keeper of the database to permit the authority to access the submitted data.

(b)

Designate a statewide or national stroke database to which hospitals described in paragraph (a) of this subsection are required to submit, or may submit, stroke care data for the purpose of obtaining information and statistics on stroke care. In designating the database, the authority shall ensure that the database:

(A)

Has security protections in place to safely protect individually identifiable information to the extent that the database receives and maintains such information; and

(B)

Aligns with the core consensus stroke metrics developed and approved by the American Heart Association, the American Stroke Association, the Joint Commission and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

(c)

Develop a data oversight process in accordance with recommendations made by the Stroke Care Committee.

(2)

In addition to the duties described in subsection (1) of this section, the authority shall:

(a)

Coordinate with national health organizations involved in improving the quality of stroke care to avoid duplicative information and redundant processes.

(b)

Use information related to stroke care and reported pursuant to subsection (1)(a) of this section to support improvement in the quality of stroke care in accordance with guidelines that meet or exceed nationally recognized standards established by the American Stroke Association.

(c)

Encourage the sharing of information among health care providers on practices that improve the quality of stroke care.

(d)

Facilitate communication about data trends and treatment developments among health care providers and coordinated care organizations that provide services related to stroke care.

(e)

Provide stroke care data and recommend improvements for stroke care to coordinated care organizations.

(f)

Not later than the beginning of each odd-numbered year regular session of the Legislative Assembly, prepare and submit to the Legislative Assembly a report in the manner provided in ORS 192.245 (Form of report to legislature) summarizing the authority’s activities under this section.

(3)

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(a)

Information submitted to the designated database and accessed by the authority under this section:

(A)

Is confidential and not subject to disclosure under ORS 192.311 (Definitions for ORS 192.311 to 192.478) to 192.478 (Exemption for Judicial Department);

(B)

May be disclosed only as permitted in paragraph (b) of this subsection and in accordance with rules adopted by the authority under this section;

(C)

Is not subject to civil or administrative subpoena; and

(D)

Is nondiscoverable and inadmissible in a judicial, administrative, arbitration or mediation proceeding.

(b)

Individually identifiable information and information that identifies a hospital described in subsection (1)(a) of this section may not be disclosed by the authority without the approval of the hospital that submitted the information. Only deidentified information may be disclosed by the authority under this section. [Formerly 431.675]

Source: Section 431A.530 — Oregon Health Authority duties; database; confidentiality, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors431A.­html.

431A.005
Definitions
431A.010
Power of Oregon Health Authority and local public health administrators to enforce public health laws
431A.015
Authority of Public Health Director to take public health actions
431A.020
Rules
431A.050
Oregon Health Authority to develop comprehensive emergency medical services and trauma system
431A.055
State Trauma Advisory Board
431A.060
Designation of trauma areas
431A.065
Oregon Health Authority to adopt rules for trauma system hospitals
431A.070
Area trauma advisory boards
431A.075
Liability of provider
431A.080
Duties of Oregon Health Authority related to trauma
431A.085
Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Systems Program created in Oregon Health Authority
431A.090
Designation of other trauma centers
431A.095
Reporting of certain patients
431A.100
Release of information from Oregon Trauma Registry
431A.105
Emergency Medical Services for Children Program
431A.125
Oregon Health Authority powers
431A.150
Smoking cessation program reimbursement
431A.153
Tobacco Use Reduction Account
431A.155
Oregon Health Authority to adopt rules for awarding grants
431A.158
Oregon Health Authority to prepare report
431A.175
Definitions
431A.178
Civil penalty for violation of ORS 431A.175, other law, rule or regulation governing tobacco products or inhalant delivery systems
431A.183
Agreements to enforce regulation of tobacco products and inhalant delivery systems
431A.190
Definitions for ORS 431A.190 to 431A.216
431A.192
Purpose
431A.194
Licensure requirement
431A.196
Exempted premises
431A.198
Licensure
431A.200
Proof of licensure
431A.202
Revocation, suspension, refusal to issue or renew
431A.204
Seizure and forfeiture of contraband products
431A.206
Suspense account for administration and enforcement
431A.208
Rules
431A.210
Fees
431A.212
Intergovernmental agreements
431A.214
Suspense account for fee money transfers
431A.216
Civil penalty for violation of ORS 431A.190 to 431A.216, other law, rule or regulation governing tobacco products or inhalant delivery systems
431A.218
Local regulation
431A.220
Continuity
431A.250
Short title
431A.253
Definitions
431A.255
List of high priority chemicals of concern in children’s products
431A.258
Disclosure by manufacturers
431A.260
Requirement to remove or substitute high priority chemicals of concern
431A.263
Process for substituting chemicals
431A.265
Process for waiving requirement to remove or substitute chemicals
431A.268
Exemption from requirement to remove or substitute chemicals
431A.270
Testing for compliance
431A.273
Participation in Interstate Chemicals Clearinghouse
431A.275
Civil penalty for violation of ORS 431A.258, 431A.260 or 431A.263
431A.278
High Priority Chemicals of Concern for Children’s Health Fund
431A.280
Biennial report to Legislative Assembly
431A.300
Definitions
431A.303
Legislative findings
431A.305
Aversive agent required
431A.308
Toxic household products required to comply with aversive agent requirement
431A.310
Limitation on liability
431A.313
Poison Prevention Task Force
431A.315
Efficacy and toxicity data to be made available to task force
431A.318
Reports to Legislative Assembly
431A.320
Enforcement by civil action
431A.323
Prohibited conduct
431A.325
Civil penalty for violation of ORS 431A.300 to 431A.325
431A.350
Lead poisoning
431A.353
Definitions
431A.355
Power of Oregon Health Authority to regulate lead-based paint activities and renovation
431A.358
Performance of lead-based paint activities and renovation without certification prohibited
431A.360
Lead poisoning prevention clearinghouse for schools
431A.363
Civil penalty for violation of ORS 431A.355 or 431A.358
431A.365
Costs imposed pursuant to ORS 431A.363
431A.400
Healthy Homes Program
431A.402
Healthy Homes Repair Fund
431A.410
Grants for clean air programs
431A.412
Department of Human Services as lead state agency for clean air shelter operations
431A.415
Oregon Health Authority grants for purchase of smoke filtration devices
431A.417
Reporting on smoke filtration device grants
431A.450
Automated external defibrillators required at health clubs
431A.455
Automated external defibrillators required at places of public assembly
431A.460
Legislative findings
431A.463
Prohibition on requiring prior authorization of payment for substance use disorder treatment
431A.475
Oregon Health Authority duties
431A.500
Spinal Cord Injury Research Board
431A.505
Duties of board
431A.510
Spinal Cord Injury Research Fund
431A.525
Stroke Care Committee
431A.530
Oregon Health Authority duties
431A.550
Facilities to provide notice
431A.560
Educational materials about breast reconstruction
431A.570
Significant exposure to bodily fluids
431A.575
Oregon Health Authority to provide pamphlets
431A.600
Oregon Health Authority to conduct prevention and education activities
431A.625
Oregon Health Authority to establish services and programs
431A.650
Alzheimer’s Disease Research Fund
431A.655
Control of fund
431A.675
Maternal Mental Health Patient and Provider Education Program
431A.680
Dissemination of informational materials
431A.685
Funding
431A.700
Oregon Health Authority to disseminate information
431A.725
Qualifying schools
431A.750
Examinations by state laboratory
431A.775
Definitions
431A.780
Recombinant DNA research to comply with federal guidelines
431A.850
Definitions
431A.855
Establishment of program
431A.860
Duty of pharmacy to report to program
431A.865
Disclosure of information
431A.866
Prescribing practices
431A.867
Agreement for use of program information
431A.869
Sharing and use of program information with other states
431A.870
Duty of pharmacist to fill prescription
431A.875
Reports to health professional regulatory boards
431A.877
Duty to register
431A.880
Licensing information
431A.890
Prescription Monitoring Program Advisory Commission
431A.895
Term
431A.896
Prescription Monitoring Program Prescribing Practices Review Subcommittee
431A.898
Practitioner training
431A.900
Civil penalty for violation of ORS 431A.855 to 431A.900
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