33 This bill establishes the Health Information Technology Fund within the Department
34 of Health and Human Services to support the operation and sustainability of a state-
35 designated statewide health information exchange and to meet the State's matching fund
36 requirements to obtain available federal funding for that purpose. The fund is nonlapsing
37 and consists of money appropriated or allocated by the Legislature, federal funds, grants,
38 gifts and other funds from public or private sources. The bill includes an ongoing appropriation of $1,800,000 annually in support of the fund beginning in fiscal year 2026-27.