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This law was first created in 1996. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 902<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2010, chapter 416<\/a>; in 2012, chapters 693<\/a> and 709<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":72767,"section_number":"2.2-4345","catch_line":"Exemptions from competitive sealed bidding and competitive negotiation for certain transactions; limitations","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4345\/"},{"id":80404,"section_number":"37.2-710","catch_line":"State facility reporting requirements; Virginia Patient Level Data system","order_by":null,"url":"\/37.2-710\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":204339,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71744,"identifier":"32.1-276.2","token":"32.1\/7.2\/32.1-276.2","url":"\/32.1-276.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-276.2\/","token":"32.1\/7.2\/32.1-276.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Health care data reporting; purpose","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-276.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The General Assembly finds that the establishment of effective health care data analysis and reporting initiatives is essential to improving the quality and efficiency of health care, fostering competition among health care providers<\/span>, and increasing consumer<\/span> choice with regard to health care services in the Commonwealth, and that accurate and valuable health care data can best be identified by representatives of state government and the consumer<\/span>, provider, insurance, and business communities. For this reason, the State Board<\/span> of Health and the State Health Commissioner<\/span>, assisted by the State Department<\/span> of Health and the Bureau of Insurance, shall administer the health care data reporting initiatives established by this chapter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHEALTH CARE DATA REPORTING; PURPOSE (\u00a7 32.1-276.2)\n\nThe General Assembly finds that the establishment of effective health care data\nanalysis and reporting initiatives is essential to improving the quality and\nefficiency of health care, fostering competition among health care providers,\nand increasing consumer choice with regard to health care services in the\nCommonwealth, and that accurate and valuable health care data can best be\nidentified by representatives of state government and the consumer, provider,\ninsurance, and business communities. For this reason, the State Board of Health\nand the State Health Commissioner, assisted by the State Department of Health\nand the Bureau of Insurance, shall administer the health care data reporting\ninitiatives established by this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 1996, c. 902; 2010, c. 416; 2012, cc. 693, 709.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}