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SEC. 13001. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS OF TITLE.(a) Short Title.—This title (and title IV of division B) may be cited as the “Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act” or the “HITECH Act”.(b) Table of Contents of Title.—The table of contents of this title is as follows: Sec. 13001. Short title; table of contents of title. Subtitle A— Promotion of Health Information Technology Part 1— Improving Health Care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency Sec. 13101. ONCHIT; standards development and adoption. “TITLE XXX— HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND QUALITY “Sec. 3000. Definitions.123 STAT. 227 “Subtitle A— Promotion of Health Information Technology “Sec. 3001. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. “Sec. 3002. HIT Policy Committee. “Sec. 3003. HIT Standards Committee. “Sec. 3004. Process for adoption of endorsed recommendations; adoption of initial set of standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria. “Sec. 3005. Application and use of adopted standards and implementation specifications by Federal agencies. “Sec. 3006. Voluntary application and use of adopted standards and implementation specifications by private entities. “Sec. 3007. Federal health information technology. “Sec. 3008. Transitions. “Sec. 3009. Miscellaneous provisions. Sec. 13102. Technical amendment. Part 2— Application and Use of Adopted Health Information Technology Standards; Reports Sec. 13111. Coordination of Federal activities with adopted standards and implementation specifications. Sec. 13112. Application to private entities. Sec. 13113. Study and reports. Subtitle B— Testing of Health Information Technology Sec. 13201. National Institute for Standards and Technology testing. Sec. 13202. Research and development programs. Subtitle C— Grants and Loans Funding Sec. 13301. Grant, loan, and demonstration programs. “Subtitle B— Incentives for the Use of Health Information Technology “Sec. 3011. Immediate funding to strengthen the health information technology infrastructure. “Sec. 3012. Health information technology implementation assistance. “Sec. 3013. State grants to promote health information technology. “Sec. 3014. Competitive grants to States and Indian tribes for the development of loan programs to facilitate the widespread adoption of certified EHR technology. “Sec. 3015. Demonstration program to integrate information technology into clinical education. “Sec. 3016. Information technology professionals in health care. “Sec. 3017. General grant and loan provisions. “Sec. 3018. Authorization for appropriations. Subtitle D— Privacy Sec. 13400. Definitions. Part 1— Improved Privacy Provisions and Security Provisions Sec. 13401. Application of security provisions and penalties to business associates of covered entities; annual guidance on security provisions. Sec. 13402. Notification in the case of breach. Sec. 13403. Education on health information privacy. Sec. 13404. Application of privacy provisions and penalties to business associates of covered entities. Sec. 13405. Restrictions on certain disclosures and sales of health information; accounting of certain protected health information disclosures; access to certain information in electronic format. Sec. 13406. Conditions on certain contacts as part of health care operations. Sec. 13407. Temporary breach notification requirement for vendors of personal health records and other non-HIPAA covered entities. Sec. 13408. Business associate contracts required for certain entities. Sec. 13409. Clarification of application of wrongful disclosures criminal penalties. Sec. 13410. Improved enforcement. Sec. 13411. Audits. Part 2— Relationship to Other Laws; Regulatory References; Effective Date; Reports Sec. 13421. Relationship to other laws.123 STAT. 228 Sec. 13422. Regulatory references. Sec. 13423. Effective date. Sec. 13424. Studies, reports, guidance.