HEALTH AI

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7381 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7381

    To direct the Director of the National Institutes of Health to 
 establish a grant program to facilitate research regarding the use of 
   generative artificial intelligence in health care, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 15, 2024

   Mr. Lieu introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To direct the Director of the National Institutes of Health to 
 establish a grant program to facilitate research regarding the use of 
   generative artificial intelligence in health care, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Healthcare Enhancement And Learning 
Through Harnessing Artificial Intelligence Act'' or the ``HEALTH AI 
Act''.

SEC. 2. GRANTS TO PERFORM RESEARCH REGARDING THE USE OF GENERATIVE 
              ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN HEALTH CARE.

    (a) In General.--The Director of the National Institutes of Health 
shall establish a grant program to award grants to eligible entities to 
perform research regarding the use of generative artificial 
intelligence in health care.
    (b) Permissible Research.--Research funded pursuant to a grant 
under this section may include research regarding the use of generative 
artificial intelligence to--
            (1) improve the ability of health care practitioners to 
        record comprehensive notes or ask medically relevant questions 
        during an appointment with a patient;
            (2) reduce the administrative or documentation burden on 
        clinicians;
            (3) expedite the health insurance claims process;
            (4) improve the efficiency and quality of customer service 
        in the health care sector; or
            (5) otherwise improve health care, as determined 
        appropriate by the Director.
    (c) Priority.--In awarding grants under this section, the Director 
of the National Institutes of Health shall give priority to eligible 
entities that--
            (1) encourage the adoption and deployment of generative 
        artificial intelligence across the health care sector;
            (2) invest in workforce development of clinicians and 
        administrators;
            (3) mitigate burnout in the health care workforce;
            (4) reduce gender, racial, and ethnic disparities in health 
        outcomes; or
            (5) improve the availability of patient care for members of 
        a medically underserved population.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Artificial intelligence.--The term ``artificial 
        intelligence'' has the meaning given such term in section 5002 
        of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 
        (15 U.S.C. 9401).
            (2) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' means--
                    (A) an institution of higher education has the 
                meaning given that term in section 101 of the Higher 
                Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001);
                    (B) a nonprofit organization, as that term is 
                defined in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue 
                Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3)) and exempt from tax 
                under section 501(a) of such Code; or
                    (C) an agency of--
                            (i) the Federal Government;
                            (ii) a State;
                            (iii) a unit of local government; or
                            (iv) an Indian Tribe.
            (3) Generative artificial intelligence.--The term 
        ``generative artificial intelligence'' means artificial 
        intelligence that, in response to a prompt, uses data to 
        produce text, media, computer code, or other content.
            (4) Medically underserved population.--The term ``medically 
        underserved population'' has the meaning given such term in 
        section 330(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
        254b(b)).
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