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House Bill No. 5506

Public Act No. 22-118 195 of 739

nationally-recognized stroke certification body. The department shall apply privacy and security standards for such registry's data that are consistent with the department's policies for use of patient data. (c) Each comprehensive stroke center, thrombectomy-capable stroke center, primary stroke center and acute stroke-ready hospital shall provide access to its records to the Department of Public Health, as the department deems necessary, to perform case finding or other quality improvement audits to ensure completeness of reporting and data accuracy consistent with the purposes of this section. (d) The Department of Public Health may enter into a contract for the receipt, storage, holding or maintenance of the data or files under its control and management. (e) The Department of Public Health may enter into reciprocal reporting agreements with the appropriate agencies of other states to exchange stroke care data. (f) There is established a stroke registry data oversight committee to monitor the operations of the state-wide stroke registry, provide advice regarding the oversight of such registry, develop a plan to improve quality of stroke care and address disparities in the provision of such care, and develop short and long-term goals for improvement of stroke care in comprehensive stroke centers, thrombectomy-capable stroke centers, primary stroke centers and acute stroke-ready hospitals. Said committee shall be within the Legislative Branch and the administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health shall serve as administrative staff to said committee. Said committee shall consist of the following members, who shall be appointed not later than July 1, 2023: (1) One appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives; (2) one appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate; (3) one appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives; (4)