| This bill defines "qualified health center" and adds qualified |
| health centers to the list of entities eligible to receive |
| funding from the telecommunications education access fund. It |
| also adds to the guidelines for the Public Utilities Commission |
| to use in allocating money from the fund the provision of |
| telecommunications equipment and increased bandwidth necessary to |
| support electronic health records and telemedicine in rural, |
| medically underserved areas. |