The proposed rule development will establish fees for information services of the Florida Center for Health Information and Policy Analysis. The fees will be based on time required to analyze the request and write the query, and the time required to ...

AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION
Hospital and Nursing Home Reporting Systems and Other Provisions Relating to Hospitals

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
59E-8.001: Determination of Fees
59E-8.002: Price List
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The proposed rule development will establish fees for information services of the Florida Center for Health Information and Policy Analysis. The fees will be based on time required to analyze the request and write the query, and the time required to access, merge, validate, and prepare the information for delivery to the requester. The proposed rule development will incorporate by reference the Florida Center for Health Information and Policy Analysis Price List.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: The agency is proposing a rule development that will establish new Rules 59E-8.001 and 59E-8.002, F.A.C., providing for the fees to be charged for information services provided by the Florida Center for Health Information and Policy Analysis.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 408.15(8) FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 408.05(7)(c) FS.
A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
DATE AND TIME: August 2, 2007, 10:00 a.m.
PLACE: Agency for Health Care Administration, Building 3, First Floor Conference Room, 2727 Mahan Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32308
Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 5 hours before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Beth Eastman at [phone]. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Lisa Rawlins, Director, Florida Center for Health Information and Policy Analysis, 2727 Mahan Drive, MS #16, Tallahassee, Florida 32308

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS:

59E-8.001 Determination of Fees.

(1) The Florida Center for Health Information and Policy Analysis will periodically, but no less frequently than biannually, calculate the average time required to access, merge, validate, and prepare standard information sets for delivery to the requester. These average times will be used to establish the fees for information services described in the Price List.

(2) Requests for information not addressed in the Price List, ad hoc custom requests, will be priced based on the time required to analyze the request and write the query, and the time required to access, merge, validate and prepare the information for delivery to the requester.

Specific Authority 408.15(8) FS. Law Implemented 408.05(7)(c) FS. History–New_________.

 

59E-8.002 Price List.

(1) The Price List of the Florida Center for Health Information and Policy Analysis is posted at: www.floridahealthstat.com/order.shtml.

(2) The Price List dated 7.1.07 is incorporated by reference as AHCA Form FC4200-003.

Specific Authority 408.15(8) FS. Law Implemented 408.05(7)(c) FS. History–New_________.