Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 97240 - Request for Modifications to Patient Data Reporting

(a) Reporting facilities may file a request with the Department for modifications to Hospital Discharge Abstract Data, Emergency Care Data, or Ambulatory Surgery Data reporting requirements. The modification request shall be supported by a detailed justification of the hardship that full reporting of data would have on the reporting facility; an explanation of attempts to meet data reporting requirements; and a description of any other factors that might justify a modification. Modifications may be approved for no more than one year. Modifications to the data reporting requirements must be approved before data to which they apply will be accepted. Any modifications to reporting requirements are subject to disclosure to data users.

(b) In determining whether a modification to data reporting requirements will be approved, the Department shall consider the information provided pursuant to subsection (a) and evaluate whether the requested modifications would impair the Department's ability to process the data or interfere with the purposes of the data reporting programs under the Act.

(c) Reporting facilities that did not have any discharges or encounters that are required to be reported pursuant to Section 97213(a) for a specific report period must inform the Department by using the No Data to Report screen available in the Department's online submission system or by submitting a completed No Data to Report form (HCAI-OIS-772 Rev. August 2023). The information must be submitted on or before the required due date of the report period.

(d) Any facility that is not licensed to provide inpatient care, or does not provide Emergency Care encounters, or does not provide outpatient procedures, or is not licensed as a surgical clinic, and from whom such reporting is not therefore expected, is not required to file a No Data to Report form.

Notes

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 97240

Note: Authority cited: Sections 128760 and 128810, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 128735, 128736, 128737 and 128760, Health and Safety Code.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 128760 and 128810, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 128735, 128736, 128737 and 128760, Health and Safety Code.

1. Renumbering and amendment of former section 97213 to new section 97240 filed 10-14-93; operative 11-15-93 (Register 93, No. 42).
2. Amendment of subsection (a) filed 7-23-97 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 97, No. 30).
3. Amendment of subsection (b)(2) filed 9-21-98; operative 10-21-98 (Register 98, No. 39).
4. Amendment of section heading, section and Note filed 5-5-2005; operative 5-5-2005 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2005, No. 18).
5. New subsections (c)-(d) filed 11-21-2006; operative 11-21-2006 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2006, No. 47).
6. Amendment of subsection (c) filed 12-31-2009; operative 12-31-2009 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2010, No. 1).
7. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (c) filed 8-23-2011 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2011, No. 34).
8. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (a) and Note filed 12-28-2011 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2011, No. 52).
9. Amendment of subsection (a), repealer and new subsection (b) and repealer of subsections (b)(1)-(3) filed 10-18-2012; operative 11-17-2012 (Register 2012, No. 42).
10. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (c) filed 11-18-2014 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2014, No. 47).
11. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (c) filed 9-8-2017 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2017, No. 36).
12. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (c) filed 5-9-2018 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2018, No. 19).
13. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (c) filed 12-13-2019 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2019, No. 50).
14. Change without regulatory effect amending subsections (a)-(c) filed 1-24-2023 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2023, No. 4).
15. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (c) filed 12-14-2023 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2023, No. 50).