; and (C) the Committee on Finance and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate. (2) Consultation The arrangement under subsection (a) shall provide for the National Academy of Medicine, in developing the report required by paragraph (1), to consult with physicians, other health professionals, health educators, health professional organizations, relevant companies, patients, patient organizations, the Health Resources and Services Administration, the National Cancer Institute, the National Institutes of Health, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. 3. State option to provide whole genome sequencing clinical services for certain children Title XIX of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 1943 the following new section: 1944. State option to provide whole genome sequencing clinical services for certain children (a) In general Notwithstanding section 1902(a)(1) (relating to statewideness), section 1902(a)(10)(B) (relating to comparability), and any other provision of this title for which the Secretary determines it is necessary to waive in order to implement this section, beginning January 1, 2019, a State, at its option as a State plan amendment, may provide for medical assistance under this title to an eligible individual for purposes of providing the individual with whole genome sequencing clinical services. (b) Payments (1) In general A State shall provide a health care provider (as defined by the State) with payments for the provision of whole genome sequencing clinical services to any eligible individual. Payments made to a health care provider for such services shall be treated as medical assistance for purposes of section 1903(a), except that, during the first 8 fiscal year quarters that the State plan amendment is in effect, the Federal medical assistance percentage applicable to such payments shall be equal to 75 percent. (2) Methodology The State shall specify in the