A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CLARIFY THAT EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT DATA and ambulatory surgical data ARE INCLUDED IN THE PATIENT DATA SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS OF THE MEDICAL CARE DATA ACT.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 131E‑214.1(4) reads as rewritten:
"(4)	(Effective until January 1, 2010) "Patient data" means inpatient, emergency department, and ambulatory surgical data that includes a patient's age, sex, zip code, third‑party coverage, principal and other diagnosis, date of admission, procedure and discharge date, principal and other procedures, total charges and components of the total charges, attending physician identification number, and hospital or freestanding ambulatory surgical facility identification number.
(4)	(Effective January 1, 2010) "Patient data" means inpatient, emergency department, and ambulatory surgical data that includes a patient's age, sex, race, ethnicity, zip code, third‑party coverage, principal and other diagnosis, date of admission, procedure and discharge date, principal and other procedures, total charges and components of the total charges, attending physician identification number, and hospital or freestanding ambulatory surgical facility identification number."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.