292             1997 Session Laws of Kansas             Ch. 75

An Act concerning health care data; concerning the health care data governing board;
concerning legislative post audit; relating to the performance audit of the health care
database; amending K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 65-6803 and 65-6808 and repealing the existing
sections.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

Section 1. K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 65-6803 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 65-6803. (a) There is hereby created a health care data governing
board.

(b) The board shall consist of seven nine members appointed as fol-
lows: One member shall be appointed by the Kansas medical society,
one member shall be appointed by the Kansas hospital association, one
member shall be appointed by the executive vice chancellor of the uni-
versity of Kansas school of medicine, one member who is a licensed pro-
fessional nurse appointed by the Kansas state nurses association, one
member representing health care insurers or other commercial payors
shall be appointed by the governor, one member representing adult care
homes shall be appointed by the governor, one member representing the
institute associated with the university of Kansas department of health
services administration Kansas health institute, one member appointed by
the state board of regents representing the health services research com-
munity and one member representing consumers of health care shall be
appointed by the governor. The secretary of health and environment, or
the designee of the secretary, shall be a nonvoting member who shall
serve as chairperson of the board. The secretary of social and rehabili-
tation services and the insurance commissioner, or their designees, shall
be nonvoting members of the board. Board members and task force mem-
bers shall not be paid compensation, subsistence allowances, mileage or
other expenses as otherwise may be authorized by law for attending meet-
ings, or subcommittee meetings, of the board. The members appointed
to the board shall serve for three-year terms, or until their successors are
appointed and qualified.

(c) The chairperson of the health care data governing board may ap-
point a task force or task forces of interested citizens and providers of
health care for the purpose of studying technical issues relating to the
collection of health care data. At least one member of the health care

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data governing board shall be a member of any task force appointed under
this subsection.

(d) The board shall meet at least quarterly and at such other times
deemed necessary by the chairperson.

(e) The board shall develop policy regarding the collection of health
care data and procedures for ensuring the confidentiality and security of
these data.

Sec. 2. K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 65-6808 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 65-6808. (a) Three years after enactment of this act A perform-
ance audit shall be conducted either by the legislative post auditor or by
a firm, as defined by K.S.A. 46-1112, and amendments thereto, under
contract with the legislative post auditor in accordance with the provisions
of the legislative post audit act to identify total costs to the state and
providers of data and the benefits of the program. The audit report shall
be submitted to the legislature at the commencement of the regular ses-
sion of the legislature held during 1997 1999.

(b) The auditor to conduct the audit work required under this section
shall be specified in accordance with K.S.A. 46-1122, and amendments
thereto. If the legislative post audit committee specifies under such stat-
ute that a firm is to perform such audit, such firm shall be selected and
shall perform such audit as provided in K.S.A. 46-1123, and amendments
thereto, and K.S.A. 46-1125 through 46-1127, and amendments thereto.
If the audit work is conducted under contract with a firm, the contract
cost of the audit shall be paid by the department of health and environ-
ment.

Sec. 3. K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 65-6803 and 65-6808 are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the Kansas register.

Approved April 7, 1997.

Published in the Kansas Register: April 17, 1997.