,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ehgb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #ca1        
#bjbe,mr4 ,bean of ,florida 7for himself
 and ,mr4 ,haridopolos7 introduced the  
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1
 and in addition to the ,committee on   
,ways and ,means1 for a period to be    
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,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