Title X, Public Health

All protected health information possessed by the department shall be considered confidential, except that the commissioner shall be authorized to provide vital record information to institutions and individuals both within and outside of the department who demonstrate a need for…

I. There is hereby established an independent board administratively attached, pursuant to RSA 21-G:10, to the department to review requests for vital records information for the purposes of conducting health-related research. No vital records information requested for the purpos…

The commissioner may adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to: I. With the exception of vital records, guidance and direction in the collection and accuracy of statistical and medical information by data collectors. II. Procedures, conditions, and criteria for release of i…

Any person shall be guilty of a class B felony if he or she willfully and knowingly furnishes or disseminates vital records information in a manner inconsistent with the purposes for which it was released.

I. This subdivision establishes a system for the collection of health care data and for the disclosure of data consistent with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), 45 C.F.R. sections 160, 162, and 164, limited to public health activities, healt…

The commissioner of health and human services shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to: I. The types of data which each facility shall be required to file under RSA 126:25. II. The form in which data shall be filed under RSA 126:25. III. The times at which data shall…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, data collected under RSA 126:25 shall be made available: I. To the public upon request, provided that individual patients or health care practitioners shall not be directly or indirectly identifiable. II. To individuals or entities for …

In addition to any other penalties provided by law, any health care facility which willfully fails to comply with the provisions of this subdivision shall be subject to a civil penalty of $100 for each day of noncompliance, which shall not be reimbursable by a commercial insurer,…

Any person requesting copies of data or statistical information filed with the department of health and human services under RSA 126 or RSA 141-B shall pay to the department a fee established by the commissioner of health and human services pursuant to RSA 126:27, IV. The fee sha…