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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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 15, 2024 

Mr. LIEU introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Energy and Commerce 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Healthcare Enhance5 ment And Learning Through Harnessing Artificial Intel6 ligence Act’’ or the ‘‘HEALTH AI Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. GRANTS TO PERFORM RESEARCH REGARDING THE 

2 USE OF GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTEL3 LIGENCE IN HEALTH CARE. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the National In5 stitutes of Health shall establish a grant program to 

6 award grants to eligible entities to perform research re7 garding the use of generative artificial intelligence in 

8 health care. 

9 (b) PERMISSIBLE RESEARCH.—Research funded pur10 suant to a grant under this section may include research 

11 regarding the use of generative artificial intelligence to— 

12 (1) improve the ability of health care practi13 tioners to record comprehensive notes or ask medi14 cally relevant questions during an appointment with 

15 a patient; 

16 (2) reduce the administrative or documentation 

17 burden on clinicians; 

18 (3) expedite the health insurance claims proc19 ess; 

20 (4) improve the efficiency and quality of cus21 tomer service in the health care sector; or 

22 (5) otherwise improve health care, as deter23 mined appropriate by the Director. 

24 (c) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec25 tion, the Director of the National Institutes of Health 

26 shall give priority to eligible entities that— 


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1 (1) encourage the adoption and deployment of 

2 generative artificial intelligence across the health 

3 care sector; 

4 (2) invest in workforce development of clinicians 

5 and administrators; 

6 (3) mitigate burnout in the health care work7 force; 

8 (4) reduce gender, racial, and ethnic disparities 

9 in health outcomes; or 

10 (5) improve the availability of patient care for 

11 members of a medically underserved population. 

12 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

13 (1) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.—The term ‘‘ar14 tificial intelligence’’ has the meaning given such 

15 term in section 5002 of the National Artificial Intel16 ligence Initiative Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 9401). 

17 (2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti18 ty’’ means— 

19 (A) an institution of higher education has 

20 the meaning given that term in section 101 of 

21 the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

22 1001); 

23 (B) a nonprofit organization, as that term 

24 is defined in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 

25 Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3)) 


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1 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of 

2 such Code; or 

3 (C) an agency of— 

4 (i) the Federal Government; 

5 (ii) a State; 

6 (iii) a unit of local government; or 

7 (iv) an Indian Tribe. 

8 (3) GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.— 

9 The term ‘‘generative artificial intelligence’’ means 

10 artificial intelligence that, in response to a prompt, 

11 uses data to produce text, media, computer code, or 

12 other content. 

13 (4) MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATION.— 

14 The term ‘‘medically underserved population’’ has 

15 the meaning given such term in section 330(b) of 

16 the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b(b)). 

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