Reply #11: kindergarten book. uh-huh.

[Hannah Bell]

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‘‘(5) UPDATING OF ENDORSED MEASURES.

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The Secretary may use amounts made available
under subsection (f) to fund the updating (and test-
ing, if applicable) by consensus-based entities of
quality measures that have been previously endorsed
by such an entity as new evidence is developed, in
a manner consistent with section 1890(b)(3).

‘‘(d) QUALIFIED ENTITIES.—Before entering into
agreements with a qualified entity, the Secretary shall en-
sure that the entity is a public, private, or academic insti-
tution with technical expertise in the area of health quality
measurement.

‘‘(e) APPLICATION FOR GRANT.—A grant may be
made under this section only if an application for the
grant is submitted to the Secretary and the application
is in such form, is made in such manner, and contains
such agreements, assurances, and information as the Sec-
retary determines to be necessary to carry out this section.

‘‘(f) FUNDING.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide
for the transfer, from the Federal Hospital Insur-
ance Trust Fund under section 1817 and the Fed-
eral Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund
under section 1841 (in such proportion as the Sec-
retary determines appropriate), of $25,000,000, to
the Secretary for purposes of carrying out this sec-
tion for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2014.