SEC. 3. MEDICAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY 
BOARD. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 months after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services (in this section referred 
to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall appoint an advisory 
board to be known as the ‘‘Medical Information Tech-
nology Advisory Board’’ (in this section referred to as 
the ‘‘MITAB’’). 
(2) CHAIRMAN.—The Secretary shall designate 
one member as chairman. The chairman shall be an 
individual affiliated with an organization having ex-
pertise creating American National Standards Insti-
tute (ANSI) accepted standards in health care infor-
mation technology and a member of the National 
Committee for Vital and Health Statistics. 
(b) COMPOSITION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The MITAB shall consist of 
not more than 17 members that include—
(A) experts from the fields of medical infor-
mation, information technology, medical contin-
uous quality improvement, medical records secu-
rity and privacy, individual and institutional 
health care clinical providers, health researchers, 
and health care purchasers;
(B) one or more staff experts from each of 
the following: the Centers for Medicare & Med-
icaid Services, the Agency for Healthcare Re-
search and Quality, and the Institute of Medi-
cine of the National Academy of Sciences; 
(C) representatives of private organizations 
with expertise in medical infomatics; 
(D) a representative of a teaching hospital; 
and 
(E) one or more representatives of the health 
care information technology industry. 
(2) TERMS OF APPOINTMENT.—The term of any 
appointment under paragraph (1) to the MITAB 
shall be for the life of the MITAB. 
(3) MEETINGS.—The MITAB shall meet at the 
call of its chairman or a majority of its members. 
(4) VACANCIES.—A vacancy on the MITAB shall 
be filled in the same manner in which the original 
appointment was made not later than 30 days after 
the MITAB is given notice of the vacancy and shall 
not affect the power of the remaining members to exe-
cute the duties of the MITAB. 
(5) COMPENSATION.—Members of the MITAB 
shall receive no additional pay, allowances, or bene-
fits by reason of their service on the MITAB.
(6) EXPENSES.—Each member of the MITAB 
shall receive travel expenses and per diem in lieu of 
subsistence in accordance with sections 5702 and 
5703 of title 5, United States Code. 
(c) DUTIES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The MITAB shall on an ongo-
ing basis advise, and make recommendations to, the 
Secretary regarding medical information technology, 
including the following: 
(A) The best current practices in medical 
information technology. 
(B) Methods for the adoption (not later 
than 2 years after the date of the enactment of 
this section) of a uniform health care informa-
tion system interface between and among old 
and new computer systems. 
(C) Recommendations for health care vocab-
ulary, messaging, and other technology standards 
(including a common lexicon for computer tech-
nology) necessary to achieve the interoperability 
of health care information systems for the pur-
poses described in subparagraph (E). 
(D) Methods of implementing—
(i) health care information technology 
interoperability standardization; and
(ii) records security. 
(E) Methods to promote information ex-
change among health care providers so that long-
term compatibility among information systems 
is maximized, in order to do one or more of the 
following: 
(i) To maximize positive outcomes in 
clinical care—
(I) by providing decision support 
for diagnosis and care; and 
(II) by assisting in the emergency 
treatment of a patient presenting at a 
facility where there is no medical 
record for the patient.
(ii) To contribute to (and be consistent 
with) the development of the patient assess-
ment instrument provided for under section 
545 of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP 
Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 
2000, and to assist in minimizing the need 
for new and different records as patients 
move from provider to provider. 
(iii) To reduce or eliminate the need 
for redundant records, paperwork, and the
repetitive taking of patient histories and 
administering of tests. 
(iv) To minimize medical errors, such 
as administration of contraindicated drugs. 
(v) To provide a compatible informa-
tion technology architecture that facilitates 
future quality and cost-saving needs and 
that avoids the financing and development 
of information technology systems that are 
not readily compatible. 
(2) REPORTS.—
(A) INITIAL
REPORT.—No later than 18 
months after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the MITAB shall submit to Congress and the 
Secretary an initial report concerning the mat-
ters described in paragraph (1). The report shall 
include—
(i) the practices described in para-
graph (1)(A), including the status of health 
care information technology standards being 
developed by private sector and public-pri-
vate groups; 
(ii) recommendations for accelerating 
the development of common health care ter-
minology standards;
(iii) recommendations for completing 
development of health care information sys-
tem messaging standards; and 
(iv) progress toward meeting the dead-
line described in paragraph (1)(B) for 
adoption of methods described in such para-
graph. 
(B) SUBSEQUENT REPORTS.—During each 
of the 2 years after the year in which the report 
is submitted under subparagraph (A), the 
MITAB shall submit to Congress and the Sec-
retary an annual report relating to additional 
recommendations, best practices, results of infor-
mation technology improvements, analyses of 
private sector efforts to implement the interoper-
ability standards established in section 1184 of 
the Social Security Act, and such other matters 
as may help ensure the most rapid dissemination 
of best practices in health care information tech-
nology. 
(d) STAFF AND SUPPORT SERVICES.—
(1) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.—
(A) APPOINTMENT.—The Chairman shall 
appoint an executive director of the MITAB.