To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to clarify the treatment of Medicaid EHR incentive payments for Federally qualified health centers.

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act with respect to the treatment of electronic health record (EHR) incentive payments for federally qualified health centers.

Prohibits duplicate payments to both a Medicaid provider who practices in a federally qualified health center (FQHC) and the FQHC.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6348 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6348

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to clarify the treatment 
   of Medicaid EHR incentive payments for federally qualified health 
                                centers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 29, 2010

 Mr. Kratovil 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 clarify the treatment 
   of Medicaid EHR incentive payments for federally qualified health 
                                centers.

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

SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION RELATING TO MEDICAID EHR INCENTIVE PAYMENTS 
              FOR FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1903(t) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396b(t)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3)(E) by striking ``or by a State or 
        local government'' and inserting ``, by a State or local 
        government, or in the case of payment made to a federally 
        qualified health center as provided in subsection (6)(A)(i)'';
            (2) in paragraph (6)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)(i), by inserting ``or, in 
                the case of a provider who practices predominantly in a 
                federally qualified health center, directly to such 
                center'' after ``(or to a employer or facility to which 
                such provider has assigned payments''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new 
                sentence: ``For purposes of subparagraphs (B) and (C), 
                for each provider practicing predominantly in a 
                federally qualified health center, the requirements 
                described in such subparagraphs shall apply to the 
                federally qualified health center.''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(11) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to 
        allow duplicate payments to both a Medicaid provider who 
        practices predominantly in a federally qualified health center 
        and the federally qualified health center.''.
    (b) Implementation.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services may implement the amendments 
made by this section by program instruction or otherwise.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall be 
effective as if included in the enactment of the American Recovery and 
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).
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