As used in the Health Information System Act:

A. "aggregate data" means data that are obtained by combining like data elements in a manner that precludes specific identification of a single client or provider;

B. "data source" or "data provider" means a person that possesses health information, including any public or private sector licensed health care practitioner, primary care clinic, ambulatory surgery center, ambulatory urgent care center, ambulatory dialysis unit, home health agency, long-term care facility, hospital, pharmacy, third-party payer and any public entity that has health information;

C. "department" means the department of health;

D. "health information" or "health data" means any data relating to health care; health status, including environmental, social and economic factors; the health system; or health costs and financing;

E. "hospital" means any general or special hospital licensed by the department, whether publicly or privately owned;

F. "long-term care facility" means any skilled nursing facility or nursing facility licensed by the department, whether publicly or privately owned;

G. "record-level data" means a medical record that contains unique and nonaggregated data elements that relate to a single identifiable individual, provider or hospital; and

H. "third-party payer" means any public or private payer of health care services and includes health maintenance organizations and health insurers.

History: Laws 1989, ch. 29, § 2; 1994, ch. 59, § 3; 2009, ch. 166, § 1; 2012, ch. 15, § 1.

The 2012 amendment, effective May 16, 2012, eliminated the New Mexico health policy commission and deleted former Subsection B, which defined "commission" as the New Mexico health policy commission, and relettered the succeeding subsections accordingly.

The 2009 amendment, effective June 19, 2009, added Subsection C; deleted former Subsection G, which defined "data source"; and added Subsection H.

The 1994 amendment, effective March 4, 1994, deleted former Subsection B, which defined "committee"; inserted present Subsection B; rewrote Subsection C, which read " 'department' means the health and environment department"; substituted "environmental, social and economic factors; the health system; or health costs and financing" for "environmental factors; the health system; and health costs" in Subsection D; deleted "health and environment" preceding "department" in Subsection E; substituted "nursing facility licensed by the department" for "intermediate care facility licensed by the health and environment department" in Subsection F; rewrote Subsection G, which formerly defined "private sector data source"; deleted former Subsection H, which defined "public sector data source"; and redesignated former Subsection I as present Subsection H.