1-43-19. Comprehensive health data system established--Purpose.
The Department of Health shall coordinate the establishment and maintain oversight of a comprehensive health data system for the purposes of:
(1)Health care planning, policy development, policy evaluation, and research by federal, state, and local governments;
(2)Monitoring payments for health services by the federal and state governments;
(3)Assessing and improving the quality of health care;
(4)Measuring and optimizing access to health care;
(5)Supporting public health functions and objectives;
(6)Improving the ability of health plans, health care providers, and consumers to coordinate, improve, and make choices about health care; and
(7)Monitoring costs at provider and plan levels.
Source: SL 1993, ch 23, §1; SL 1994, ch 24, §1.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 1 - State Affairs and Government
Chapter 43 - Department Of Health
Section 1-43-1 - Department continued.
Section 1-43-2 - Secretary as head of department--Functions.
Section 1-43-11 - Cancer data collection system.
Section 1-43-13 - Rules for establishment, maintenance, and use of cancer data collection system.
Section 1-43-14 - Cancer detection or treatment reporting requirements.
Section 1-43-16 - Data collection--Availability to public.
Section 1-43-17 - Good faith reporting--Immunity from liability.
Section 1-43-18 - Transmittal of nonresident cancer diagnoses to national cancer registries.
Section 1-43-19 - Comprehensive health data system established--Purpose.
Section 1-43-24 - Annual health data system report available to public.
Section 1-43-31 - Information excepted from health data system reporting requirements.
Section 1-43-32 - Contingent implementation of comprehensive health data system.
Section 1-43-33 - Promulgation of rules for comprehensive health data system .