H.B. 395
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
Mar 24, 2021
SESSION 2021 HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK
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HOUSE BILL DRH40236-MG-102C
Short Title: Extend Deadlines for Mandatory HIE Particip. (Public)
Sponsors: Representative Sasser.
Referred to:
1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
2 AN ACT EXTENDING FOR CERTAIN PROVIDERS AND ENTITIES THE DEADLINES
3 FOR MANDATORY PARTICIPATION IN THE STATEWIDE HEALTH
4 INFORMATION EXCHANGE NETWORK KNOWN AS NC HEALTHCONNEX.
5 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
6 SECTION 1. G.S. 90-414.4(a1) reads as rewritten:
7 "(a1) Mandatory Connection to HIE Network. – Notwithstanding the voluntary nature of
8 the HIE Network under G.S. 90-414.2, the following providers and entities shall be connected to
9 the HIE Network and begin submitting data through the HIE Network pertaining to services
10 rendered to Medicaid beneficiaries and to other State-funded health care program beneficiaries
11 and paid for with Medicaid or other State-funded health care funds in accordance with the
12 following time line:
13 …
14 (2) Except as provided in subdivisions (3), (4), and (5) of this subsection, all other
15 providers of Medicaid and State-funded health care services shall begin
16 submitting demographic and clinical data by October 1, 2021.October 1, 2022.
17 …
18 (4) The following entities shall begin submitting demographic and clinical data
19 by June 1, 2021:June 1, 2022:
20 a. Ambulatory surgical centers as defined in G.S. 131E-146.
21 b. Dentists licensed under Article 2 of Chapter 90 of the General Statutes.
22 c. Licensed physicians whose primary area of practice is psychiatry.
23 d. The State Laboratory of Public Health operated by the Department of
24 Health and Human Services.
25 (5) The following entities shall begin submitting claims data by June 1, 2021:June
26 1, 2022:
27 a. Pharmacies registered with the North Carolina Board of Pharmacy
28 under Article 4A of Chapter 90 of the General Statutes.
29 b. State health care facilities operated under the jurisdiction of the
30 Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, including
31 State psychiatric hospitals, developmental centers, alcohol and drug
32 treatment centers, neuro-medical treatment centers, and residential
33 programs for children such as the Wright School and the Whitaker
34 Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility."
35 SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
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Statutes affected:
Filed: 90-414.4
Edition 1: 90-414.4
Edition 2: 90-414.4, 90-414.6
Edition 3: 90-414.4, 90-414.6
Edition 4: 90-414.4, 90-414.6
Ratified: 90-414.4, 90-414.6
SL 2021-26: 90-414.4, 90-414.6