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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="20-2405" effective_note="EFFECTIVE UNTIL JUNE 30, 2027 PER CHAPTER 844 OF 2024" title_number="20" title_name="Miscellaneous Health Provisions" subtitle_number="24" subtitle_name="Maryland Emergency Department Wait Time Reduction Commission">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, an entity that receives a request for data under § 20–2404 of this subtitle shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>For data that does not contain personally identifiable information, promptly transmit the data to the staff of the Commission provided by the Health Services Cost Review Commission; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For data that contains personally identifiable information:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Promptly enter into an appropriate data sharing and use agreement with the Health Services Cost Review Commission; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>On the approval of an appropriate agreement by the parties, promptly transmit the data, through a secure and encrypted manner, to the staff of the Commission provided by the Health Services Cost Review Commission.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If an entity that receives a data request under § 20–2404 of this subtitle is prohibited from sharing the data under federal law, the Commission may not require the submission of the data.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Commission may use personally identifiable information requested under § 20–2404 of this subtitle only for the purpose of meeting the requirements of § 20–2403 of this subtitle and completing the reports required under § 20–2406 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Personally identifiable information submitted under subsection (a)(2) of this section may not be shared with:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A member of the Commission who is not an employee of the Health Services Cost Review Commission; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Any other person that is not a party to the data sharing and use agreement for the information.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Commission staff shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Analyze personally identifiable information shared with the Commission staff; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Share the findings of the analysis with the members of the Commission in a manner that does not reveal personally identifiable information.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
