[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3374 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3374

To provide for a demonstration project relating to the impact of health 
information technology on chronic disease management under the Medicare 
                         and Medicaid programs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 29, 2009

    Mr. Smith of Washington (for himself and Mrs. McMorris Rodgers) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
   Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and 
 Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
   each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for a demonstration project relating to the impact of health 
information technology on chronic disease management under the Medicare 
                         and Medicaid programs.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare and Medicaid Access Project 
through Information Technology (MAP IT) Act''.

SEC. 2. MEDICARE AND MEDICAID CHRONIC DISEASE DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services (in 
this section referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall establish at least 
one 2-year project to demonstrate the impact of health information 
technology on chronic disease management under the Medicare Program 
under title XVIII of the Social Security Act and under the Medicaid 
Program under title XIX of such Act. For purposes of carrying out the 
previous sentence, the Secretary may establish separate demonstration 
projects with respect to the Medicare Program and with respect to the 
Medicaid Program.
    (b) Structure of Project.--A demonstration project established 
under subsection (a) shall--
            (1) create a web-based virtual case management tool that 
        provides access to best practices for managing chronic disease; 
        and
            (2) provide chronic disease patients and caregivers access 
        to their own medical records and to a single source of 
        information on chronic disease.
    (c) Competition.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall seek proposals from States 
to carry out a demonstration project established in subsection (a). The 
Secretary shall select not less than four proposals from those 
submitted by the States, and at least one proposal selected shall 
include a regional approach featuring access to an integrated hospital 
information system in at least two adjoining States that permits the 
measurement of outcomes.
    (d) Evaluation.--The Secretary shall provide for an evaluation of 
each demonstration project established under subsection (a) and a 
determination of the amount of cost-savings resulting from each 
project.
    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out the demonstration 
project under this section. Funds appropriated under this subsection 
shall remain available until expended without fiscal year limitation.
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