Section 1 Requiring CMI testing of incentive payments for behavioral health providers and certain other providers for adoption and use of certified electronic health record technology
in subparagraph (A), by inserting “, except that the models selected under this subparagraph shall include the models described in subparagraph (B)(xxv) (with policy decisions regarding the scale of funding, number of behavioral health provider participants, and the length of the demonstration program to be determined by the Secretary)” after “subparagraph (B)”;
in subparagraph (B)(xxv), by striking “to improve quality and coordination” and inserting “and implementing interoperability projects provisions to improve the integration, quality, and coordination pursuant to Section 4003 of the 21st Century Cures Act”; and
by adding at the end the following flush left matter:
Behavioral IT standards development— In developing models described in section 1115A(b)(2)(B)(xxv) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1315a(b)(2)(B)(xxv)), the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use and the Director of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information and in consultation with appropriate stakeholders, develop voluntary standards for behavioral health information technology that address issues such as privacy, minimum clinical data standards, and sharing relevant patient health data across the behavioral health care, primary health care, and specialty health care systems.
in subparagraph (B), by striking “and” at the end;
in subparagraph (C), by striking the period and inserting “; and”; and
by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
“(D) in addition to any amounts made available under subparagraph (B), $250,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2023 through 2025 for purposes of carrying out the model described in subsection (b)(2)(B)(xxv).”