S.Amdt. 439

SA 439. Ms. CANTWELL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 98 proposed by Mr. Inouye (for himself and Mr. Baucus)
to the bill H.R. 1, making supplemental appropriations for job
preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency
and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal
stabilization, for fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 292, strike lines 4 through 12, and insert the
following:

``SEC. 3007. FEDERAL HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.

``(a) In General.--The National Coordinator shall support
the development and routine updating of qualified electronic
health record technology (as defined in section 3000)
consistent with subsections (b) and (c) and make available
such qualified electronic health record technology unless the
Secretary determines through an assessment that the needs and
demands of providers are being substantially and adequately
met through the marketplace.''.
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