Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 450 - Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
Chapter 17 - Standards and Criteria for Community Mental Health Centers
Subchapter 5 - Optional Services
Part 25 - CERTIFIED COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINICS
Section 450:17-5-190 - Electronic health records and data sharing

(a) The facility shall utilize a functioning electronic health record (EHR) system that meets Meaningful Use standards, as defined in the Medicare and Medicaid Incentive Programs, or have a facility approved written plan with timeframes to obtain one.

(b) The facility shall document a plan to work with health information organizations to share referrals, continuity of care documents, lab results, and other health information and develop partnerships that maximize the use of Health Information Technology (HIT) across all treating providers.

(c) It is the facility's responsibility to arrange for access to any consumer data from a participating DCO as legally permissible upon creation of the relationship with the DCO and to ensure adequate consent as appropriate and that releases of information are obtained for each affected consumer.

(d) Compliance with (a) will be determined by review of documentation that certifies the electronic health record meets Meaningful Use standards or documentation of a plan to obtain one with implementation timeline.

(e) Compliance with (b) will be determined by on-site observation, review of policy, MOUs, clinical records, information available through an approved information system documenting that facility's consumers' records have been accessed and shared through a Health Information Exchange (HIE), and consultation with the ODMHSAS Decision Support Services and ODMHSAS Information Services Division.