Language access in health information technology
Title VIII — Health Information Technology › Subtitle A — Reducing Health Disparities Through Health IT
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The National Coordinator shall— (1) not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, propose a rule for providing access to patients, through certified EHR technology, to their personal health information in a computable format, including using patient portals or third-party applications (as described in section 3009(e) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300jj–19(e))), in the 10 most common non-English languages; (2) hold a public hearing to identify best practices for carrying out paragraph (1); and (3) not later than 6 months after the public hearing under paragraph (2), promulgate a final regulation with respect to paragraph (1).