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Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act) was signed into law as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 on February 17, 2009. The HITECH Act appropriates nearly $23 billion to aid in the development of an information technology infrastructure for healthcare and to assist providers and other entities in adopting and using Health IT.

The HITECH Act also codifies the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.