[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2729 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2729

 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend to physician 
assistants eligibility for Medicaid incentive payments for the adoption 
  and use of certified electronic health records, whether or not such 
  physician assistants practice at a rural health center or Federally 
                        qualified health center.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 1, 2011

   Ms. Bass of California (for herself and Mr. Terry) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend to physician 
assistants eligibility for Medicaid incentive payments for the adoption 
  and use of certified electronic health records, whether or not such 
  physician assistants practice at a rural health center or Federally 
                        qualified health center.

    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 ``Health IT Modernization for 
Underserved Communities Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. EXTENDING PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT ELIGIBILITY FOR MEDICAID 
              ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1902(t)(3)(B)(v) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(t)(3)(B)(v)) is amended by striking ``insofar as 
the assistant is practicing in a rural health clinic that is led by a 
physician assistant or is practicing in a Federally qualified health 
center that is so led''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to payments made for calendar quarters beginning on 
the date of enactment of this Act.
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