Section 2998-A. Information

1.  The  center  shall  identify  available
  information that is  useful  for  maximizing  patient  safety,  reducing
  medical errors, and improving health care quality, including information
  available  from  federal,  state  and  local  agencies. The center shall
  evaluate reporting requirements  and  develop  recommendations  for  the
  legislature to consolidate data collection and eliminate duplicative and
  unnecessary reporting requirements, and to supplement existing reporting
  requirements in order to satisfy the requirements of this article.
    2.  The center shall promote the coordination of the activities of the
  center with the duties and  responsibilities  of  the  department  under
  title  one  of  this  article,  and  with federal and other programs for
  improving patient safety or health care quality  including  programs  of
  the  national  forum  for  health care quality measurement and reporting
  (quality forum).
    3.  The  center  shall  provide  a  report   of   its   findings   and
  recommendations  to  the  governor  and legislature and make such report
  available to the public within eighteen months of the effective date  of
  this section and at regular intervals thereafter.