Section 682.NEW - [Newly enacted section not yet numbered](1) The Emergency Medical Services Program, upon the recommendation of the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board, shall establish and maintain an emergency medical services data system. In formulating recommendations, the board shall consider the advice of the Time-Sensitive Medical Emergencies Advisory Committee, the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee, the Pediatric Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee and the Behavioral Health Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee. The Oregon Health Authority shall adopt rules for the data system described in this subsection to establish: (a) The information that must be reported to the data system;(b) A process for the oversight of the data system and the reporting of information to the data system;(c) The form and frequency of reporting information: (A) To the data system, the authority and the board; and(B) From the data system to health care facilities and providers that report information to the data system; and(d) The procedures and standards for the administration and maintenance of the data system.(2) In determining the information described in subsection (1)(a) of this section, the authority shall require the reporting of information recommended by the board following consultation with the committees.(3) The data system established under this section must:(a) Use nationally accredited data registry systems approved by the authority where available;(b) Have security measures in place to protect individually identifiable information;(c) Allow the authority to export data stored in the system;(d) Be used for quality assurance, quality improvement, epidemiological assessment and investigation, public health implementation, critical response planning, prevention activities and other purposes as the authority determines necessary; and(e) Meet other requirements established by the authority by rule.(4) If no relevant nationally accredited data registry system is available, the authority shall convene an advisory committee of stakeholders, including but not limited to state and community partners, to develop a proposal for the establishment of a data system. The advisory committee convened under this subsection shall prioritize high-quality patient care outcomes in all decision-making.(5) The authority may not require: (a) That a health care facility adopt a specific registry unless that registry is required for the specific categorization or designation that the health care facility seeks to obtain.(b) The reporting of data that is not otherwise required of a health care facility in order for the health care facility to obtain a specific categorization or designation that the health care facility seeks to obtain.(6) The authority may access and extract data from any registry that a health care facility has adopted for purposes of obtaining a specific categorization or designation, and may use data described in this subsection in the data system established under this section.(7) The Emergency Medical Services Program shall make recommendations to:(a) Health care facilities for the adoption of specific registries and services from the data system established under this section for the purpose of health care facility categorization; and(b) Emergency medical services providers for the adoption of specific registries and services from the data system established under this section for the purpose of sharing emergency medical services data with the authority.(8) The authority may request the inclusion of demographic data from patients who receive emergency medical care from a health care facility or emergency medical services provider, including but not limited to the patients':(e) Status as a disabled person;(f) Status as a veteran; and(g) Zip code and emergency medical services region of residence.(9) As used in this section, "individually identifiable information" means:(a) Individually identifiable health information as that term is defined in ORS 179.505; and(b) Information that could be used to identify a health care provider, emergency medical services agency or health care facility.Added by 2024 Ch. 32,§ 12, eff. 6/6/2024, op. 1/1/2025.