Department of Health Data Requests

If your application involves data obtained from the Tennessee Department of Health, Office of Healthcare Statistics, there may be fees associated with your request along with a proof of Tennessee residency.  

For requests from the Hospital Discharge Data System (HDDS), please use the Tennessee Department of Health Public Records Request Portal (Link Below).

Link to Requesting Health's Statistical Data

The Tennessee Department of Health Public Records Request Policy may be found by clicking here.

 

The Department has adopted the Schedule of Reasonable Charges established by the Office of Open Records Counsel, and the charges for copies of records are pursuant, T.C.A. §10-7-503(a)(7)(B), T.C.A. §8-4-604, Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1200-35-01-.05(1).  There may be also additional charges for hospital discharge data pursuant to the department's rules Tenn. Comp R & Regs. 1200-7-3 et.seq.

 

The Comptroller of the Treasury also has a policy relating to charges at:

https://comptroller.tn.gov/content/dam/cot/orc/documents/oorc/policies-and-guidelines/ScheduleofReasonableCharges.pdf

Please also note T.C.A. § 10-7-503(a)(7)(A)(vi).

https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/health/documents/2021-Public-Records-Requests.pdf