26-9f-104 - Duties and responsibilities.
26-9f-104. Duties and responsibilities.
The commission shall:
(1) advise and make recommendations on digital health service issues to the departmentand other state entities;
(2) advise and make recommendations on digital health service related patient privacy tothe department;
(3) promote collaborative efforts to establish technical compatibility, uniform policies,and privacy features to meet legal, financial, commercial, and other societal requirements;
(4) identify, address, and seek to resolve the legal, ethical, regulatory, financial, medical,and technological issues that may serve as barriers to digital health service;
(5) explore and encourage the development of digital health service systems as a meansof reducing health care costs and increasing health care quality and access, with emphasis onassisting rural health care providers and special populations with access to or development ofelectronic medical records;
(6) seek public input on digital health service issues; and
(7) in consultation with the department, advise the governor and Legislature on:
(a) the role of digital health service in the state;
(b) the policy issues related to digital health service;
(c) the changing digital health service needs and resources in the state; and
(d) state budgetary matters related to digital health service.
Amended by Chapter 46, 2008 General Session