Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§17901 Coordination of Federal activities with adopted standards and implementation specifications

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 156— - HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - APPLICATION AND USE OF ADOPTED HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS; REPORTS › § 17901

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

When a federal agency, as defined by the OMB Director after consulting the HHS Secretary, builds, buys, or upgrades health IT that sends identifiable health data to other agencies or to non‑federal groups, it must use systems and products that meet the standards adopted under section 300jj–14 whenever those standards are available. The President must make sure federal programs that collect and send large amounts of health information follow those standards within three years after the standards are adopted. Words defined in section 300jj apply here.

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Title 42, §17901

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(a)As each agency (as defined by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services) implements, acquires, or upgrades health information technology systems used for the direct exchange of individually identifiable health information between agencies and with non-Federal entities, it shall utilize, where available, health information technology systems and products that meet standards and implementation specifications adopted under section 300jj–14 of this title, as added by section 13101.11 See References in Text note below.

(b)With respect to a standard or implementation specification adopted under section 300jj–14 of this title, as added by section 13101, the President shall take measures to ensure that Federal activities involving the broad collection and submission of health information are consistent with such standard or implementation specification, respectively, within three years after the date of such adoption.

(c)The definitions contained in section 300jj of this title, as added by section 13101,1 shall apply for purposes of this subchapter.

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section 13101, referred to in text, means section 13101 of div. A of Pub. L. 111–5.

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42 U.S.C. § 17901

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

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Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73