Section 449.13 - Research and demonstration projectsThe council shall actively encourage research and demonstrations to design and test improved methods of assessing provider quality, provider service effectiveness and efficiency. To that end, provided that no data submission requirements in a mandated demonstration may exceed the current reserve field on the Pennsylvania Uniform Claims and Billing Form, the council may:
(1) Authorize contractors engaged in health services research selected by the council, pursuant to the provisions of section 16, to have access to the council's raw data files, providing such entities assume any contractual obligations imposed by the council to assure patient identity confidentiality.(2) Place data sources participating in research and demonstrations on different data submission requirements from other data sources in this Commonwealth.(3) Require data source participation in research and demonstration projects when this is the only testing method the council determines is promising.1986, July 8, P.L. 408, No. 89, §13, imd. effective. Reenacted 1993, June 28, P.L. 146, No. 34, §1, imd. effective. Reenacted 2003 , July 17, P.L. 31, No. 14, § 7, imd. effective; 2009, June 10, P.L. 10, No. 3, §5, retroactive effective 6/29/2008.