,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #agij  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bf1 #bjac    
,ms4 ,bass 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,rangel1  
,ms4 ,wilson of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,enyart1 
,mr4 ,grijalva1 and ,ms4 ,jackson ,lee7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend     
title ,,xix of the ,social ,security    
,act to extend to physician assistants  
eligibility for ,medicaid incentive     
payments for the adoption and use of    
certified electronic health records1    
whether or not such physician assistants
 practice at a rural health center or   
,federally qualified health center4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,health ,,it ,modernization for    
,underserved ,communities ,act of #bjac4
  #b4 ,extending physician assistant    
eligibility for ,medicaid electronic    
health record incentive payments  7a7   
,in general ,section                    
#aijc7t77#c77;,b77v7 of the ,social     

,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#acif;b7t77#c77;,b77v77 is amended by   
striking insofar as the assistant is    
practicing in a rural health clinic that
 is led by a physician assistant or is  
practicing in a ,federally qualified    
health center that is so led4  7b7      
,effective date ,the amendment made by  
subsection 7a7 shall apply with respect 
to payments made for calendar quarters  
beginning on or after the date of       
enactment of this ,act4