Section 27-1-44.5-3 - Issue of request for information by department; requirements; deadline(a) Before July 1, 2020, the department shall issue a request for information in compliance with IC 5-23-4.5 concerning the creation, operation, and maintenance of a data base.(b) The request for information must include the following questions:(1) How the person would collect all relevant claims data for the data base from a health payer in a manner that would minimize technical barriers for a health payer to submit a claim.(2) How the person would promote and encourage self-funded plans to voluntarily submit claims data for inclusion in the data base.(3) What funding sources the person would seek to offset costs to implement and maintain the data base.(4) How the person would make data from the data base available, including what sufficient fee would need to be assessed, to researchers, companies, and other interested parties in analyzing the data.(5) How the person would ensure the following:(A) That data is submitted and released in a machine readable format.(B) That the data from the data base is used in an ethical manner.(C) That the data is not personally identifiable and is properly secured and maintained, and that the person complies with federal and state health care privacy laws.(6) How the person would establish a public web portal for individuals to quickly and easily compare prices for the full spectrum of medical billing codes as well as check quality ratings of providers.(7) What threshold should be set for health payers to submit data for the data base.(8) How the person would work with other states and relevant stakeholders to either: (A) use a data language that is already available; or(B) facilitate the establishment of a common data language to be used by states for the data.(9) Whether any changes to state law would increase the functionality and effectiveness of the data base and recommendations of the statutes and necessary changes.(10) Any other questions the department determines are relevant to the implementation of a robust and transparent data base.(c) The department shall set the deadline for submissions of the request for information under this section that may be not later than November 30, 2020.Added by P.L. 50-2020,SEC. 6, eff. 3/18/2020.