S368 - Update False Claims Act/Rare Disease Appt/HIE. (SL 2018-41)

Overview: S.L. 2018-41 does the following:

• Updates the False Claims Act, effective June 22, 2018, and applies to actions brought on or after that date.
• Extends the terms of the current members of the Advisory Council on Rare Diseases until July 31, 2023, effective June 22, 2018.*
• Extends the HIE Network deadlines for ambulatory surgical centers, dentists, and pharmacies effective June 22, 2018. Ambulatory surgical centers and dentists are required to begin submitting demographic and clinical data by June 1, 2021. Pharmacies must begin submitting claims data by June 1, 2021.

The effective dates for this act are noted above.

* Note: Legislation extending the terms for the Advisory Council on Rare Diseases was enacted twice. Sec. 2.11 of S.L. 2018-97 extended the terms to July 1, 2023. Because it has a later effective date of July 1, 2018, it replaces Sec. 8 of S.L. 2018-41.