Code of Maine Rules
90 - INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
590 - MAINE HEALTH DATA ORGANIZATION
Chapter 120 - RELEASE OF DATA TO THE PUBLIC
Section 590-120-10 - PUBLIC NOTICE OF ALL DATA REQUESTS INCLUDING NOTICE TO DATA PROVIDERS AND COMMENT PERIODS

1. The MHDO shall create a page on its web site that lists the identity and address of all parties requesting MHDO Data. The MHDO will include the level of data requested and the purpose of the request.

2. MHDO shall add new data requests to the public site on the first business day of every week.

3. MHDO will send an electronic notification to the data providers that are responsible for the submission of the data to the MHDO, and other interested parties notifying them of new data requests on the first business day of the week.

4. For all data requests the data providers or other interested parties may submit to the Executive Director comments related to the data request. To be considered, comments must be received by the Executive Director in writing or electronic notification no later than thirty business days after the initial posting of the data request on the MHDO web site. If the Executive Director determines that (a) the comments received are of significant enough importance to delay the release of Data and/or (b) additional information is required from the requesting party to address the comments; then the data shall not be released until the additional information has been received from the requesting party and an additional review is conducted by the Executive Director or the MHDO Data Release Subcommittee, as applicable, to ensure that the requesting party conforms to all applicable requirements of this chapter.

5. The Executive Director will bring all comments received from the data providers and or other interested parties for the release of Level III Data to the MHDO Data Release Subcommittee for consideration.

6. MHDO will publish notice of the Level III Data requests in, at a minimum, three major news publications.