,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bag  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #c1 #bjba 
,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   
permit the use of certain ,united       
,states ,postal ,service formatting     
tools by health care organizations to   
improve the provision of patient        
matching services4  #a4 ,short title    
,this ,act may be cited as the ,patient 
,matching ,improvement ,act of #bjba4   
#b4 ,use of ,united ,states ,postal     
,service formatting tools  7a7 ,united  
,states ,postal ,service formatting     
tools  7#a7 ,in general ,not later than 
#ij days after the date of enactment of 
this ,act1 the ,secretary of ,health and
 ,human ,services1 acting through the   
,national ,coordinator for ,health      
,information ,technology1 shall--  7,a7 
collaborate with the ,united ,states    

,postmaster ,general in order to make   
its electronic address formatting tools 
available1 as appropriate and consistent
 with the terms and conditions of such  
tools1 to health care organizations     
7including hospitals1 physician offices1
 electronic health record vendors1      
,state and local health departments1    
registries1 laboratories1 and other     
organizations as determined necessary by
 the ,secretary7 for use in health      
information technology systems2  7,b7   
ensure that the electronic address      
formatting tools that are made available
 to health care organizations are able  
to transform single address records and 
multiple1 simultaneous address records  
into the ,united ,states ,postal        
,service preferred address format2 and  
7,c7 collaborate with the ,united       
,states ,postmaster ,general to prevent 
any limitations on the number of records
 formatted using the address formatting 
tools or health care organizations that 
could use the electronic address        

formatting tools4  7#b7 ,,covid-#ai     
laboratory testing ,not later than #ij  
days after the date of enactment of this
 ,act1 the ,secretary of ,health and    
,human ,services shall collaborate with 
the ,united ,states ,postmaster ,general
 in order to make its electronic address
 formatting tools available1 as         
appropriate and consistent with the     
terms and conditions of such tools1 to  
laboratories engaged in ,,covid-#ai     
testing to improve1 as appropriate1 data
 collection consistent with ,state and  
local laws4  7#c7 ,certification ,not   
later than #a year after the date of    
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,health and ,human ,services shall   
promulgate an interim final rule to     
require the standardization of addresses
 in the ,united ,states ,postal ,service
 format or subsequent health care       
specific standard as the standard for   
addresses when communicated through     
application programming interfaces4 ,the
 ,secretary shall update any applicable 

standard and certification requirements 
pursuant to sections #cjjd and          
#cjja7;c77#e7 of the ,public ,health    
,service ,act4  7b7 ,report ,not later  
than #abj days after the date of        
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,health and ,human ,services1 in     
consultation with the ,united ,states   
,postmaster ,general1 shall submit to   
the ,committee on ,health1 ,education1  
,labor1 and ,pensions and the ,committee
 on ,homeland ,security and             
,governmental ,affairs of the ,senate1  
and the ,committee on ,energy and       
,commerce and the ,committee on         
,oversight and ,reform of the ,house of 
,representatives1 a report that         
identifies any barriers1 as applicable1 
to making the tools described in        
subsection 7a7 available for purposes of
 such section if the ,postmaster        
,general determines that such tools may 
not be made available at such time4