Budget Amendment ID: FY2017-S4-567

EHS 567

Trauma reporting

Messrs. Lewis and deMacedo moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting at the end thereof the following section:--

SECTION XX.  Section 11 of Chapter 111C of the general laws, as so appearing in the 2014 edition, is hereby amended by striking and replacing clause (3) of subsection (c) and inserting in place thereof the following:

(c)(3) require the reporting and analysis of patient, diagnosis, treatment, facility and other reasonably detailed trauma care information by each hospital in the commonwealth; provided, however the department may not require that a hospital report to the department any data under this section that the hospital otherwise reports to the commonwealth or any of its agencies: provided further, the department shall be authorized to access and directly obtain data in a timely manner that is collected by the center for health information and analysis, or its successor agency, that the department determines is necessary for analyzing trauma-related services statewide; and provided further the department shall  maintain a de-identified database of all trauma patients treated at hospitals in the commonwealth; which shall be made available, upon request, to a any Massachusetts licensed acute care hospital which submits trauma data to the department or to the center for health information and analysis.  This database will contain all data from the trauma registry and other data that is requested from the center for health information and analysis.