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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3374 
To provide for a demonstration project relating to the impact of health 
information technology on chronic disease management under the Medi-
care and Medicaid programs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 29, 2009 
Mr. SMITH of Washington (for himself and Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for a demonstration project relating to the impact 
of health information technology on chronic disease man-
agement under the Medicare and Medicaid programs. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Medicare and Medicaid 
Access Project through Information Technology (MAP IT) 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. MEDICARE AND MEDICAID CHRONIC DISEASE DEM-
ONSTRATION PROJECTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) shall establish at least one 2-year project to dem-
onstrate the impact of health information technology on 
chronic disease management under the Medicare Program 
under title XVIII of the Social Security Act and under 
the Medicaid Program under title XIX of such Act. For 
purposes of carrying out the previous sentence, the Sec-
retary may establish separate demonstration projects with 
respect to the Medicare Program and with respect to the 
Medicaid Program. 
(b) STRUCTURE
OF PROJECT.—A demonstration 
project established under subsection (a) shall— 
(1) create a web-based virtual case management 
tool that provides access to best practices for man-
aging chronic disease; and 
(2) provide chronic disease patients and care-
givers access to their own medical records and to a 
single source of information on chronic disease. 
(c) COMPETITION.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall seek 
proposals from States to carry out a demonstration project 
established in subsection (a). The Secretary shall select 
not less than four proposals from those submitted by the 
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States, and at least one proposal selected shall include a 
regional approach featuring access to an integrated hos-
pital information system in at least two adjoining States 
that permits the measurement of outcomes. 
(d) EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall provide for 
an evaluation of each demonstration project established 
under subsection (a) and a determination of the amount 
of cost-savings resulting from each project. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec-
essary to carry out the demonstration project under this 
section. Funds appropriated under this subsection shall 
remain available until expended without fiscal year limita-
tion. 
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