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ulations served by such providers, with the popu-
lations stratified by disparity variables. 
(b) NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS.— 
As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Director of the National Center for Health Statis-
tics shall provide to Congress a more detailed analysis of 
the data presented in the Data Brief 79 published by such 
Center in November 2011 (entitled ‘‘Electronic Health 
Record Systems and Intent to Apply for Meaningful Use 
Incentives Among Office-Based Physician Practices’’). 
(c) INSTITUTE
OF MEDICINE.—The Secretary of 
Health and Human Services may enter into an agreement 
with the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies 
that provides such Institute will— 
(1) evaluate the impact of health information 
technology in racial and ethnic minority commu-
nities; and 
(2) publish a report regarding such evaluation. 
(d) CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERV-
ICES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As part of the process of 
collecting information, with respect to a provider, at 
registration and attestation for purposes of the 
Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Records 
Incentive Programs, the Secretary of Health and 
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Human Services shall collect the race and ethnicity 
of such provider. 
(2) MEDICARE
AND
MEDICAID
ELECTRONIC 
HEALTH
RECORDS
INCENTIVE
PROGRAMS
DE-
FINED.—For purposes of paragraph (1), the term 
‘‘Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Records 
Incentive Programs’’ means the incentive programs 
under section 1814(l)(3), subsections (a)(7) and (o) 
of section 1848, subsections (l) and (m) of section 
1853, subsections (b)(3)(B)(ix)(I) and (n) of section 
1886, and subsections (a)(3)(F) and (t) of section 
1903 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395f(l)(3), 1395w–4, 1395w–23, 1395ww, and 
1396b). 
(e) NATIONAL COORDINATOR’S ASSESSMENT OF IM-
PACT
OF HIT.—Section 3001(c)(6)(C) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300jj–11(c)(6)(C)) is 
amended— 
(1) in the heading by inserting ‘‘, RACIAL AND 
ETHNIC MINORITY COMMUNITIES,’’ after ‘‘HEALTH 
DISPARITIES’’; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘, in communities with a high 
proportion of individuals from racial and ethnic mi-
nority groups (as defined in section 1707(g)), in-
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cluding people with disabilities in these groups,’’ 
after ‘‘communities with health disparities’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘In any publication under the previous sen-
tence, the National Coordinator shall include best 
practices for encouraging partnerships between the 
Federal Government, States, and private entities to 
expand outreach for and the adoption of certified 
EHR technology in communities with a high propor-
tion of individuals from racial and ethnic minority 
groups (as so defined), while also maintaining the 
accessibility requirements of section 508 of the Re-
habilitation Act to encourage patient involvement in 
their own health care. The National Coordinator 
shall— 
‘‘(i) not later than 6 months after the 
submission to the Congress of the report 
required by section 832 of the Health Eq-
uity and Accountability Act of 2016, estab-
lish criteria for evaluating the impact of 
health information technology on commu-
nities with a high proportion of individuals 
from racial and ethnic minority groups (as 
so defined) taking into account the find-
ings in such report; and 
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‘‘(ii) not later than 12 months after 
the submission to the Congress of such re-
ports, conduct and publish the results of 
an evaluation of such impact.’’. 
Subtitle 
B—Modifications 
To 
Achieve Parity in Existing Pro-
grams 
SEC. 811. EXTENDING FUNDING TO STRENGTHEN THE 
HEALTH IT INFRASTRUCTURE IN RACIAL 
AND ETHNIC MINORITY COMMUNITIES. 
Section 3011 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 300jj–31) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(8) Activities described in the previous para-
graphs of this subsection with respect to commu-
nities with a high proportion of individuals from ra-
cial and ethnic minority groups (as defined in sec-
tion 1707(g)).’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(e) ANNUAL REPORT
ON EXPENDITURES.—The 
National Coordinator shall report annually to the Con-
gress on activities and expenditures under this section.’’. 
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SEC. 812. PRIORITIZING REGIONAL EXTENSION CENTER AS-
SISTANCE TO RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY 
GROUPS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3012(c)(4)(C) of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300jj–32(c)(4)(C)) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘or individuals from racial and eth-
nic minority groups (as defined in section 1707(g))’’ after 
‘‘medically underserved individuals’’. 
(b) BIENNIAL EVALUATION.—Section 3012(c)(8) of 
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300jj–32(c)(8)) 
is amended— 
(1) by inserting: ‘‘Each evaluation panel shall 
include at least one consumer advocate from a racial 
and ethnic minority community served by the center 
involved, at least one patient or family caregiver, 
and at least one representative of a minority-serving 
institution.’’ after ‘‘ ‘and of Federal officials.’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘and shall determine the de-
gree to which such center provides outreach and as-
sistance to providers predominantly serving racial 
and ethnic minority groups (as defined in section 
1707(g))’’ after ‘‘specified in paragraph (3)’’. 
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