[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2684 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2684

 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 identifier, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 27, 2023

 Mr. Scott of Florida (for himself and Mr. Van Hollen) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                                Finance

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                                 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 identifier, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Medical License Verification Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO VERIFY THAT A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER IS LICENSED 
              IN GOOD STANDING BEFORE ISSUING A UNIQUE HEALTH 
              IDENTIFIER.

    Section 1173(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d-2(b)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Verification of license in good standing.--Not later 
        than 30 days after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the 
        Secretary shall establish and implement an automated system 
        that enables the Secretary to verify whether a person described 
        in section 1172(a)(3) 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 standing. Such verification shall be done 
        before providing the applicant with such an identifier.''.
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