‘‘(1) not less than 60 percent for the HIT 
grants program under subsection (j); and 
‘‘(2) not less than 10 percent for research and 
development activities and demonstration programs 
carried out by the Office.’’. 
(b) APPOINTMENT OF CHIEF HEALTH INFORMATICS 
OFFICER
OF
THE OFFICE
OF HEALTH INFORMATION 
TECHNOLOGY.—Not later than 60 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall appoint a Chief Health Informatics 
Officer of the Office of Health Information Technology 
under section 1150A(a) of the Social Security Act, as 
added by subsection (a). 
(c) TRANSITION FROM OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL 
COORDINATOR
FOR
HEALTH
INFORMATION
TECH-
NOLOGY.— 
(1) FUNCTIONS, PERSONNEL, ASSETS, AND LI-
ABILITIES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—There shall be trans-
ferred to the Chief Health Informatics Officer 
the functions, personnel, assets, and liabilities 
of the National Coordinator. For purposes of 
the previous sentence, the term ‘‘assets’’ in-
cludes contracts, facilities, property, records, 
unobligated or unexpended balances of appro-
priations, and other funds or resources (other 
than personnel). 
(B) 
EMPLOYMENT
PROVISIONS.—The 
transfer pursuant to subparagraph (A) of per-
sonnel shall not alter the terms and conditions 
of employment, including compensation, of any 
employee so transferred. 
(C) CHIEF HEALTH INFORMATICS OFFICER 
AND NATIONAL COORDINATOR DEFINED.—For 
purposes of this subsection: 
(i) CHIEF HEALTH INFORMATICS OF-
FICER.—The 
term 
‘‘Chief 
Health 
Informatics Officer’’ means the Chief 
Health Informatics Officer of Health In-
formation Technology appointed under sec-
tion 1150A of the Social Security Act, as 
added by subsection (a). 
(ii) NATIONAL
COORDINATOR.—The 
term ‘‘National Coordinator’’ means the 
National Coordinator for Health Informa-
tion Technology appointed under Executive 
Order 13335. 
(2) ACTING CHIEF HEALTH INFORMATICS OFFI-
CER.—Before the appointment of the Chief Health 
Informatics Officer, the National Coordinator shall
act as the Chief Health Informatics Officer until the 
office is filled as provided in section 1150A(a) of the 
Social Security Act. The Secretary may appoint the 
National 
Coordinator 
as 
the 
Chief 
Health 
Informatics Officer. 
(3) COMPLETED ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Completed administra-
tive actions of the Office of the National Coor-
dinator shall continue in effect according to 
their terms until amended, modified, super-
seded, terminated, set aside, or revoked by the 
Office of the Chief Health Informatics Officer. 
(B) COMPLETED ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION 
DESCRIBED.—For purposes of subparagraph 
(A), the term ‘‘completed administrative action’’ 
includes orders, determinations, rules, regula-
tions, personnel actions, permits, agreements, 
grants, contracts, certificates, licenses, registra-
tions, and privileges. 
(4) REFERENCES.—References relating to the 
Office of the National Coordinator that precede the 
effective date of this Act shall be deemed to refer, 
as appropriate, to the Office of the Chief Health 
Informatics Officer.
(5) STATUTORY REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
Any statutory reporting requirement that applied to 
the Office of the National Coordinator immediately 
before the effective date of this Act shall apply to 
the Office of the Chief Health Informatics Officer 
following such date. 
(6) TREATMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 13335.— 
Executive Order 13335 shall not have any force or 
effect after the date of the appointment of the first 
Chief Health Informatics Officer. 
SEC. 3. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DEMONSTRA-
TION PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, acting through the Director of the Na-
tional Institute of Health, shall carry out a demonstration 
program to determine methods by which contextual access 
criteria and analysis technologies for specific diseases and 
health criteria may be used to search patient electronic 
health records and aggregated health information without 
using personal identifying information of patients. Partici-
pants in the program shall include representatives of Fed-
eral health agencies, State health agencies, research facili-
ties approved for clinical trials of the National Institute 
of Health, health insurance organizations, self-insured 
corporations, and private sector health care providers.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than two years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall submit to Congress a report on the 
findings of the demonstration program under subsection 
(a). 
SEC. 4. HEALTH CARE PROVIDER HIT LOAN PROGRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.—Part A of title XI of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.), as 
amended by section 2, is further amended by adding at 
the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 1150B HEALTH CARE PROVIDER HIT LOAN PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established a pro-
gram to be known as the ‘Health Care Provider HIT 
Loan Program’ (referred to in this section as the 
‘Loan Program’. 
‘‘(2) ENTITLEMENT.—There are hereby made 
available, in accordance with the provisions of this 
section, such sums as may be necessary to make 
loans under the Loan Program to all eligible health 
care providers, including critical access hospitals and 
federally qualified health centers, to enable the im-
plementation and adoption by such providers of 
health information technology systems that promote 
interoperability among health care settings.