,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ddef  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,august #e1    
#bjbj,ms4 ,hassan 7for herself and ,mr4 
,cassidy7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on ,health1 ,education1  
,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
amend the ,public ,health ,service ,act 
to permit health information technology 
systems to use the ,postal ,service tool
 to standardize formatting in electronic
 health records when entering patient   
information to improve match rates among
 patient records4  #a4 ,short title     
,this ,act may be cited as the ,patient 
,matching ,improvement ,act of #bjbj4   
#b4 ,use of ,,usps formatting tool      
,section #cjja7;c77#b7 of the ,public   
,health ,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#cjj;jj-#aa7;c77#b77 is amended by      
adding at the end the following3  7,c7  
,,usps formatting tool  7i7 ,in general 
,not later than #ij days after the date 
of enactment of this subparagraph1 the  

,secretary1 acting through the ,national
 ,coordinator1 shall ensure that the    
,united ,states ,postal ,service        
electronic address formatting tools that
 are made available by the ,united      
,states ,postal ,service to online      
retailers at no cost are also made      
available to health care providers for  
use in health information technology    
systems at no cost4 ,the ,secretary     
shall ensure that the electronic address
 formatting tools are made available to 
any health care organization 7including 
hospitals1 physician offices1 electronic
 health record vendors1 ,state and local
 health departments1 registries1 and    
other organizations as determined       
necessary by the ,secretary7 to         
transform both single address records   
and multiple1 simultaneous address      
records into the ,united ,states ,postal
 ,service preferred address format4 ,the
 ,secretary shall ensure that no        
limitations exist on the number of      
records or health organizations that use

 the electronic conversion tool4  7ii7  
,,covid-#ai laboratory testing ,not     
later than #ij days after the date of   
enactment of this subparagraph1 the     
,secretary shall make available the     
,united ,states ,postal ,service address
 formatting tool for use by laboratories
 engaged in ,,covid-#ai testing to      
accompany ,,covid-#ai laboratory        
results4  7iii7 ,certification ,not     
later than #a year after the date of    
enactment of this subparagraph1 the     
,secretary shall promulgate regulations 
to update the conditions of             
certification for health information    
technology to require the               
standardization of addresses in the     
,united ,states ,postal ,service        
standard4 ,the ,secretary shall update  
requirements under section #cjbb7;a7 to 
include the ,united ,states ,postal     
,service format as the standard for     
addresses when communicated through     
application programming interfaces under
 this subparagraph4  4  #c4             

,authorization of appropriations ,to    
carry out the amendment made by this    
,act1 there are authorized to be        
appropriated such sums as may be        
necessary4