The General Assembly finds and determines that there is a lack of Arkansas-specific information and data to guide officials responsible for policy decisions and that making this data readily available to decision makers is essential to the creation of effective health policy for the state.
(a) (1) The Director of the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement shall establish and maintain a program to access health data to be known as the “Arkansas Health Data Initiative”. (2) The initiative shall be administered and maintained within the the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement. (b) The purpose of the initiative is to serve […]
(a) If agreed to by state agencies responsible for maintaining requested data sources, the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement may have access to the agencies’ information and data to facilitate operation of the Arkansas Health Data Initiative. (b) Data under subsection (a) of this section include: (1) Public health databases; (2) Healthcare-utilization data; (3) Financial […]
The Division of Information Systems, Department of Finance and Administration, Department of Health, Department of Human Services, State Insurance Department, and all other appropriate departments, agencies, subcontractors, and officers shall promulgate rules to implement this subchapter.
