[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 643 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 643

 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to direct Medicaid EHR 
  incentive payments to federally qualified health centers and rural 
                            health clinics.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 17, 2011

Ms. Stabenow (for herself and Ms. Snowe) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to direct Medicaid EHR 
  incentive payments to federally qualified health centers and rural 
                            health clinics.

    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 ``Fix HIT Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. MEDICAID EHR INCENTIVE PAYMENTS FOR FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH 
              CENTERS AND RURAL HEALTH CLINICS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1903(t) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396b(t)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (6)(A)(i)--
                    (A) by striking ``are paid'' and inserting ``(I) 
                are paid''; and
                    (B) by inserting before the period at the end the 
                following: ``, and (II) in the case of a provider 
                described in paragraph (2)(A)(iii), are paid directly 
                to the Federally qualified health center or rural 
                health clinic in which the provider predominantly 
                practices, without any deduction or rebate''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(11) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to 
        allow duplicate payments to a Medicaid provider described in 
        paragraph (2)(A)(iii) and the Federally qualified health center 
        or rural health clinic in which the provider predominantly 
        practices.''.
    (b) Implementation.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services may implement the amendments 
made by subsection (a) by program instruction or otherwise.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
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