(a) The state department shall do the following:
- (1) Cooperate with the secretary of state and the department of insurance to develop and implement a plan to collect the information described in IC 16-21-6-3 (a)(14) through IC 16-21-6-3 (a)(18), IC 23-0.5-2-13 (a)(6), and IC 27-1-4.5-5 .
- (2) Annually publish on the state department's website a report concerning the information collected under subdivision (1).
(3) Upon request, provide the information collected under subdivision (1) to any the following:
- (A) The legislative council created by IC 2-5-1.1-1 .
- (B) The office of the attorney general.
- (C) The health care cost oversight task force established by IC 2-5-47 .
- (4) In carrying out the state department's duties under this section, operate within existing appropriations for the state department.
(b) In publishing the report required under subsection (a)(2), the state department:
- (1) may omit information the state department determines is not widely available to the general public; and
- (2) may not include the name of a person or entity that has an ownership stake in a hospital, health care entity, insurer, third party administrator, or pharmacy benefit manager.
As added by P.L.239-2025, SEC.3.