SENATE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1,
To 1995 SENATE BILL 369
March 5, 1996 - Offered by Committee on Health, Human Services and Aging.
SB369-SSA1,1,5 1An Act to amend 15.735 (2); and to create 15.107 (7) and 16.03 of the statutes;
2relating to: expanding membership of the board on health care information,
3creating an interagency coordinating council, requiring a joint legislative
4council study of health care data collection and dissemination, requiring a
5study on user fees and requiring submittal of certain reports.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB369-SSA1, s. 1 6Section 1. 15.107 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
SB369-SSA1,1,97 15.107 (7) Interagency coordinating council. There is created in the
8department of administration an interagency coordinating council consisting of the
9following members appointed to 4-year terms:
SB369-SSA1,1,1010 (a) The secretary of employe trust funds or his or her designee.
SB369-SSA1,1,1211 (b) A representative of the unit in the department of health and social services
12that deals with health statistics.
SB369-SSA1,1,1413 (c) A representative of the unit in the department of health and social services
14that deals with the medical assistance program.
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1(d) A representative of the unit in the office of the commissioner of insurance
2that deals with health care information.
SB369-SSA1,2,43 (e) A representative of the unit in the University of Wisconsin System that
4deals with health statistics research analysis.
SB369-SSA1,2,65 (f) A representative of the unit in the department of administration that deals
6with information technology.
SB369-SSA1, s. 2 7Section 2. 16.03 of the statutes is created to read:
SB369-SSA1,2,17 816.03 Interagency coordinating council. (1) General functions. The
9interagency coordinating council shall serve as a means of increasing the efficiency
10and utility and facilitating the effective functioning of state agencies in activities
11related to health care data collection. The interagency coordinating council shall
12advise and assist state agencies in the coordination of health care data collection
13programs and the exchange of information related to health care data collection and
14dissemination, including agency budgets for health care data collection programs,
15health care data monitoring and management, public information and education,
16health care data analysis and facilities, research activities and the appropriation
17and allocation of state funds for health care data collection.
SB369-SSA1,2,25 18(2) Subcommittees. The interagency coordinating council may create
19subcommittees to assist in its work. The subcommittee members may include
20members of the council, employes of the agencies with members on the council,
21employes of other state agencies, representatives of counties and municipalities,
22representatives of the health care industry and public members. The council shall
23consider the need for subcommittees on the subjects within the scope of its general
24duties under sub. (1) and other subjects that are determined to be appropriate by the
25council.
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1(3) Report. The interagency coordinating council shall report at least twice
2annually to the board on health care information in the office of the commissioner
3of insurance, concerning the council's activities under this section.
SB369-SSA1, s. 3 4Section 3. 15.735 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB369-SSA1,3,85 15.735 (2) Board on health care information. There is created a board on
6health care information which is attached to the office of the commissioner of
7insurance under s. 15.03. The board shall consist of 7 9 members, a majority of whom
8may neither be nor represent health care providers, appointed for 4-year terms.
SB369-SSA1, s. 4 9Section 4. Nonstatutory provisions; administration.
SB369-SSA1,3,13 10(1) Interagency coordinating council; initial appointments of members.
11Notwithstanding the length of terms specified in section 15.107 (7) of the statutes,
12as created by this act, the members of the interagency coordinating council shall be
13initially appointed for the following terms:
SB369-SSA1,3,15 14(a) The members specified in section 15.107 (7) (b) and (c) of the statutes, as
15created by this act, for terms expiring on July 1, 2001.
SB369-SSA1,3,17 16(b) The members specified in section 15.107 (7) (d), (e) and (f) of the statutes,
17as created by this act, for terms expiring on July 1, 2003.
SB369-SSA1, s. 5 18Section 5. Nonstatutory provisions; insurance.
SB369-SSA1,3,23 19(1) Board on health care information; initial appointments of additional
20members.
Notwithstanding the length of terms specified in section 15.735 (2) of the
21statutes, as affected by this act, the additional members of the board on health care
22information shall be initially appointed by January 1, 1997, for terms expiring on
23May 1, 2001.
SB369-SSA1,4,5 24(2) Study on user fees. The commissioner of insurance, in consultation with
25the board on health care information, shall study the expansion in states other than

1Wisconsin of user fees, payable by requesters of health care data and information,
2as a source of revenue by state governments to fund the provision of the health care
3data and information. The commissioner of insurance shall report the findings,
4conclusions and recommendations of the study to the joint committee on finance of
5the legislature by February 1, 1997.
SB369-SSA1, s. 6 6Section 6. Nonstatutory provisions; legislature.
SB369-SSA1,4,8 7(1) Study of health care data collection and dissemination in the private
8sector
.
SB369-SSA1,4,12 9(a) The joint legislative council shall study the issue of health care data
10collection and dissemination in the private sector and shall identify areas for public
11and private collaboration in data collection and dissemination and steps needed to
12facilitate the collaboration. The study shall include all of the following:
SB369-SSA1,4,14 131. The degree to which health plans and health care providers are collecting
14and reporting data on health care costs and on health care quality.
SB369-SSA1,4,15 152. Conditions for access to data, including confidentiality protections.
SB369-SSA1,4,16 163. Comparability of data across health care plans and across providers.
SB369-SSA1,4,17 174. Limitations of current health care data systems.
SB369-SSA1,4,20 18(b) By February 1, 1997, the joint legislative council shall report its findings,
19conclusions and recommendations to the legislature in the manner provided under
20section 13.172 (2) of the statutes and to the governor.
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