SEC. 3. STANDARDS AND PROTOCOLS TO IMPROVE PA-
TIENT MATCHING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle C of title XXX of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300jj–51 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 3023. STANDARDS AND PROTOCOLS TO IMPROVE PA-
TIENT MATCHING. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHING A UNIFORM DEFINITION FOR 
PATIENT MATCH RATE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this section, the Sec-
retary shall, in consultation with health care pro-
viders, vendors of electronic health records and 
health information technology, patient groups, and 
other relevant stakeholders, develop a definition and 
standards for accurate and precise patient matching 
to track patient match rates and document improve-
ments of patient matching over time. The Secretary 
shall ensure that such definition and standards for 
patient match rate account for— 
‘‘(A) duplicate records; 
‘‘(B) overlaid records; 
‘‘(C) instances of multiple matches found; 
and 
‘‘(D) mismatch rates within the same 
healthcare organizations and provider systems. 
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‘‘(2) REVIEW
AND
UPDATE.—In consultation 
with health care providers, vendors of electronic 
health records and health information technology, 
patient groups, and other relevant stakeholders, the 
Secretary shall review and update the definition and 
standards developed under paragraph (1), as appro-
priate, not less frequently than once every 3 years 
to ensure that such definition and standards are 
consistent with updates and improvements in tech-
nologies and processes. 
‘‘(b) DEVELOPMENT OF A STANDARD DATA SET TO 
IMPROVE PATIENT MATCHING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this section, subject 
to paragraph (2), the National Coordinator shall re-
view the current data set in the United States Core 
Data for Interoperability and identify, define, and 
adopt the minimum data set needed to support the 
adoption of patient matching by entities, including 
health care providers, developers of health care in-
formation technology or certified health IT, or 
health information networks of exchange, at a rate 
of 99.9 percent. The National Coordinator shall in-
clude such minimum data set in the United States 
Core Data for Interoperability. 
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‘‘(2) DEVELOPMENT OF DATA STANDARDS IN 
UNITED
STATES
CORE
DATA
FOR
INTEROPER-
ABILITY.—For purposes of improving interoperable 
health exchange, not later than 1 year after defining 
the minimum data set described in paragraph (1), 
the National Coordinator shall create, update, or 
adopt data standards for the data elements identi-
fied in the minimum data set and incorporate such 
standards into the United States Core Data for 
Interoperability. 
‘‘(3) CONSULTATION REQUIRED.—In identifying 
and defining the minimum data set described in 
paragraph (1) and creating, updating, or adopting 
data standards described in paragraph (2), the Na-
tional Coordinator shall consult with— 
‘‘(A) health care providers; 
‘‘(B) vendors of electronic health records; 
‘‘(C) vendors of health information tech-
nology; 
‘‘(D) patient groups; 
‘‘(E) Federal agencies, including the Na-
tional Institute of Standards and Technology, 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
the Department of Defense, the National Insti-
tutes of Health, the Department of Veterans 
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Affairs, the Social Security Administration, the 
Indian Health Service, and the Office for Civil 
Rights; 
‘‘(F) public health authorities within State, 
local, territorial, and Tribal; and 
‘‘(G) any other stakeholders the Secretary 
determines appropriate. 
‘‘(4) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this subsection shall be construed to require an enti-
ty to meet a minimum patient match rate of 99.9 
percent.’’. 
(b) INCORPORATING THE MINIMUM DATA SET FOR 
PATIENT MATCHING INTO CERTIFICATION REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Section 3004(b) of subtitle B of title XXX of 
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300jj–14(b)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(4) SPECIAL RULE.— 
‘‘(A) INCORPORATION OF MINIMUM DATA 
SET INTO HEALTH IT CERTIFICATION REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Notwithstanding paragraph (3), the 
Secretary shall incorporate and adopt the min-
imum data set for patient matching established 
under section 3023 into the certification criteria 
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adopted under this section not later than 180 
days after such data set is finalized. 
‘‘(B) INCORPORATION OF MINIMUM DATA 
SET INTO MEDICARE INTEROPERABILITY PRO-
GRAM
REQUIREMENTS.—Not later than 24 
months after the incorporation of the minimum 
data set for patient matching into the certifi-
cation criteria as required in subparagraph (A), 
the Secretary shall incorporate and adopt such 
minimum data set for patient matching estab-
lished under section 3023 into program require-
ments to promote the interoperability of cer-
tified EHR technology for entities participating 
in the Medicare program under title XVIII of 
the Social Security Act.’’. 
(c) ADDITIONAL INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE INTER-
OPERABILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 24 months 
after the incorporation and adoption of the min-
imum data set for patient matching into the pro-
gram requirements to promote the interoperability of 
certified EHR technology for entities participating 
under the Medicare program under title XVIII of 
the Social Security Act as required in subparagraph 
(B) of section 3004(b)(4) of title XXX of the Public 
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