Article 19Digital health authorities

1. Each Member State shall designate one or more digital health authorities responsible for the implementation and enforcement of this Chapter at national level. The Member States shall inform the Commission of the identity of the digital health authorities by 26 March 2027. Where a Member State designates more than one digital health authority or where the digital health authority consists of multiple organisations, the Member State concerned shall communicate to the Commission a description of the distribution of tasks between those various authorities or organisations. Where a Member State designates several digital health authorities, it shall designate one digital health authority to act as coordinator. The Commission shall make that information publicly available.

2. Each digital health authority shall be entrusted with the following tasks and powers:

(a)

ensuring the implementation of the rights and obligations provided for in this Chapter and Chapter III by adopting necessary national, regional or local technical solutions and by establishing relevant rules and mechanisms;

(b)

ensuring that complete and up-to-date information about the implementation of rights and obligations provided for in this Chapter and Chapter III is made readily available to natural persons, health professionals and healthcare providers;

(c)

in the implementation of technical solutions referred to in point (a) of this paragraph, ensuring that such technical solutions comply with this Chapter, Chapter III and Annex II;

(d)

contributing at Union level to the development of technical solutions enabling natural persons and health professionals to exercise their rights and comply with their obligations set out in this Chapter;

(e)

facilitating persons with disabilities to exercise their rights under this Chapter in accordance with Directive (EU) 2019/882 of the European Parliament and of the Council (31);

(f)

supervising the national contact points for digital health and cooperating with other digital health authorities and the Commission on further development of MyHealth@EU;

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