1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), the department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement this chapter. The rules must include a requirement that health payer data sources submit necessary information to the administrator. Rules enacted under this subsection must cover all health payer data sources as follows:

   1. (1) The department shall adopt rules that apply to health payers regulated under IC 27 .
   2. (2) The office of the secretary of family and social services shall adopt rules that apply to health payers regulated under IC 12 .
2. (b) The department shall adopt provisional rules under IC 4-22-2-37.1 establishing a fee formula for data licensing and the collection and release of claims data.

3. (c) The department may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 concerning the:

   1. (1) requirement that health payers submit required data under section 5 of this chapter; and
   2. (2) establishment of a fee formula for data licensing, collection, and release of claims described in section 9 of this chapter.
4. (d) The department may impose a civil penalty on a health payer that is required to submit information under this chapter and fails to comply. A civil penalty collected under this section must be deposited in the department of insurance fund created by IC 27-1-3-28 .

As added by P.L.195-2021, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.190-2023, SEC.21; P.L.225-2023, SEC.2; P.L.249-2023, SEC.81.