ORS 413.163 System for collecting data on race, ethnicity, language, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity

The Oregon Health Authority shall establish a data system for data on race, ethnicity, preferred spoken and written languages, disability status, sexual orientation and gender identity collected under ORS 413.164. The data system established under this section must include:

A data registry to receive and store the data described in this section from coordinated care organizations, health care providers and health insurers, patients, clients and members of coordinated care organizations, health care providers and health insurers, the authority and the Department of Human Services. The registry must allow for coordinated care organizations, health care providers and health insurers to:

Electronically submit data collected under ORS 413.164; and

Query the data registry to determine whether the registry contains current data for a patient, member or client.

Functionality that allows a patient, member or client to directly submit to the data system their data described in this section.