BILL ANALYSIS                                                                                                                                                                                                    �



                                                                  AB 1812
                                                                  Page  1

          Date of Hearing:   April 9, 2014

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                  Mike Gatto, Chair

                  AB 1812 (Pan) - As Introduced:  February 18, 2014 

          Policy Committee:                              HealthVote:19-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:              No

           SUMMARY  

          This bill authorizes the Office of Statewide Health Planning and  
          Development (OSHPD) to release confidential hospital  
          patient-level data to the United States Department of Health and  
          Human Services (HHS) and its subsidiary agencies and the  
          Veterans Health Care Administration, under specific data use  
          agreements.  

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Negligible state fiscal effect.

           COMMENTS  

           Purpose  .  According to the author, OSHPD hospital patient-level  
          data is a primary source of information on population health,  
          utilization of healthcare services, and disease surveillance.   
          Current law specifies agencies to which OSHPD is authorized to  
          release data. The author states authorizing OSHPD to release  
          this data to additional federal entities will allow them to  
          better assess California's health care needs. 

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Lisa Murawski / APPR. / (916) 319-2081