Policy, Economics and Legislation

Acts, codes, laws, rules, statutes

• MDH rules Attention: Non-MDH link
• MDH statutes Attention: Non-MDH link
• Adverse Health Events Reporting Law
• Asbestos regulations
• Capital expenditure reporting statute Attention: Non-MDH link
• Clean Indoor Air Act
• Food code
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
• Health risk limits for groundwater
• Health risk values for air
• Lead poisoning prevention act
• Managed care quality assurance rules
• MERC Trust Fund legislation
• Pool code
• Positive Alternatives Act
• Radiation rules
• Reportable disease rules
• School Immunization Law
• Source water protection
• Well management

Data reporting

• Capital expenditure reporting
• Health Plan Financial and Statistical Report (HPFSR)
• Infectious disease reporting
• Prescription drug reporting
• Provider Financial and Statistical Report (PFSR)

Economics

• Health Economics Program

Legislative information

• Legislative Information
• Recent Medical Education and Research Costs (MERC) Trust Fund Legislation

Policy

• Data practices policy: Information for the public about public access to MDH data and rights of data subjects (PDF: 150KB/18 pages)
• Notice of access to health records (PDF: 79.8KB/1 page)
• Maximum charges for copies of patient records
• Minnesota Rulemaking Manual
• Research on health policy
  • Administrative simplification in health care
  • Medical Education and Research Costs (MERC)
• Health policy task forces
  • Citizen input into public health policy development
    • Rural Health Advisory Committee
  • Maternal and Child Health Advisory Task Force
  • Medical Education and Research Costs (MERC)
• Health Care Transformation Task Force
• Hospital Public Interest Review
• Review and approval process for department-sponsored research

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