New Hampshire Revised Statutes 126-BB:7 – Drug Price Transparency; Non-disclosure Requirements
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I. The board shall develop and implement policies and procedures for its collection, processing, storage, and analysis of clinical, financial, quality restructuring and prescription drug price data for the following purposes:
(a) To use, build, and improve upon and coordinate existing data sources and measurement efforts through the integration of data systems and standardization of concepts.
(b) To coordinate the development of a linked public and private sector information system.
(c) To emphasize data that is useful, relevant, and not duplicative of existing data.
(d) To minimize the burden on those providing data.
(e) To preserve the reliability, accuracy, and integrity of collected data.
II. The board shall adopt rules to ensure that:
(a) Payors, providers, prescription drug manufacturers, wholesale drug distributors, and pharmacy benefits managers file data as required by N.H. Rev. Stat. § 126-BB:9.
(b) Users that obtain health data and information from the board safeguard the identification of patients and health care practitioners.
(c) Payors, providers, prescription drug manufacturers, wholesale drug distributors, and pharmacy benefits managers pay all assessments as required by N.H. Rev. Stat. § 126-BB:8.
(d)(1) Only the board and employees assigned to the board may access the information received pursuant to this chapter and only for purpose of effectuating the powers and duties granted the board by this chapter. The board shall limit access to any information that it receives pursuant to this chapter to the smallest number of employees and other personnel possible; and all such individuals shall, as a condition of employment, be required to execute non-disclosure agreements under which they are restricted from disclosing any information they may receive in connection with this chapter during their employment term and in perpetuity post-employment.
(2) If the board, its members, employees, or personnel willfully shares or discloses for unauthorized purposes information that is trade secret information, confidential, commercial or proprietary information, or information designated as “confidential” by the owner of the information, the board or the individual who made the unauthorized disclosure may be subject to any penalties available under federal and state laws, including trade secret misappropriation laws, to the extent permitted by law.
(a) To use, build, and improve upon and coordinate existing data sources and measurement efforts through the integration of data systems and standardization of concepts.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 126-BB:7
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of these laws, shall mean the section next preceding or following that in which such reference is made, unless some other is expressly designated. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:13
- state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
(b) To coordinate the development of a linked public and private sector information system.
(c) To emphasize data that is useful, relevant, and not duplicative of existing data.
(d) To minimize the burden on those providing data.
(e) To preserve the reliability, accuracy, and integrity of collected data.
II. The board shall adopt rules to ensure that:
(a) Payors, providers, prescription drug manufacturers, wholesale drug distributors, and pharmacy benefits managers file data as required by N.H. Rev. Stat. § 126-BB:9.
(b) Users that obtain health data and information from the board safeguard the identification of patients and health care practitioners.
(c) Payors, providers, prescription drug manufacturers, wholesale drug distributors, and pharmacy benefits managers pay all assessments as required by N.H. Rev. Stat. § 126-BB:8.
(d)(1) Only the board and employees assigned to the board may access the information received pursuant to this chapter and only for purpose of effectuating the powers and duties granted the board by this chapter. The board shall limit access to any information that it receives pursuant to this chapter to the smallest number of employees and other personnel possible; and all such individuals shall, as a condition of employment, be required to execute non-disclosure agreements under which they are restricted from disclosing any information they may receive in connection with this chapter during their employment term and in perpetuity post-employment.
(2) If the board, its members, employees, or personnel willfully shares or discloses for unauthorized purposes information that is trade secret information, confidential, commercial or proprietary information, or information designated as “confidential” by the owner of the information, the board or the individual who made the unauthorized disclosure may be subject to any penalties available under federal and state laws, including trade secret misappropriation laws, to the extent permitted by law.