,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cbij  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,february #ac1 
#bjbj,mr4 ,scott of ,florida 7for       
himself1 ,mr4 ,cornyn1 ,mr4 ,van        
,hollen1 and ,ms4 ,cortez ,masto7       
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,finance  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
amend title ,,xi of the ,social         
,security ,act to require the ,secretary
 of ,health and ,human ,services to     
verify whether a health care provider is
 licensed in good standing before       
issuing the provider a unique health    
identifier1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,medical ,license ,verification    
,act4  #b4 ,requirement to verify that a
 health care provider is licensed in    
good standing before issuing a unique   
health identifier ,section #aagc7;b7 of 
the ,social ,security ,act 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #acbj;d-#b7;b77 is amended by 
adding at the end the following new     

paragraph3  7#c7 ,verification of       
license in good standing ,not later than
 #cj days after the date of enactment of
 this paragraph1 the ,secretary shall   
establish and implement an automated    
system that enables the ,secretary to   
verify whether a person described in    
section #aagb7;a77#c7 who is an         
applicant for a unique health identifier
 and who claims in the application to be
 licensed in a ,state is actually       
licensed in that ,state and that such   
license is in good standing4 ,such      
verification shall be done before       
providing the applicant with such an    
identifier4  4