New York Consolidated Laws, Public Health Law - PBH § 2995-b. Hospital report cards

(a) Utilization and performance information to promote quality improvement activities which was collected and evaluated for appropriate dissemination pursuant to subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision one of the former section twenty-eight hundred seven-n of this chapter, as added by section sixty of chapter six hundred thirty-nine of the laws of nineteen hundred ninety-six;

(b) Statewide performance data comparing utilization and selected performance measures to accepted norms and/or benchmarks developed by recognized experts, which were developed pursuant to subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision one of the former section twenty-eight hundred seven-n of this chapter, as added by section sixty of chapter six hundred thirty-nine of the laws of nineteen hundred ninety-six;  and

(c) Other hospital data, if any, collected for public dissemination by the state task force on health care quality improvement pursuant to the former section twenty-eight hundred four-b of this chapter, as added by section sixty-a of chapter six hundred thirty-nine of the laws of nineteen hundred ninety-six.

(a) Thereafter, the hospital data so disseminated shall be updated at regular intervals to be determined by the department.

(b) All hospital data disseminated shall include the following statement:  “THE DATA COLLECTED BY THE DEPARTMENT IS ACCURATE TO THE BEST OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE DEPARTMENT, BASED ON THE INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY THE HOSPITAL WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THE DATA.”

(c) If the department determines that any data to be disseminated pursuant to this section is not useful for making quality determinations, the department shall recommend to the legislature the necessary statutory changes.