US Congress House Bill 1087 (Prior Session Legislation)

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February 23 2009 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Assisting Doctors to Obtain Proficient and Transmissible Health Information Technology Act of 2009 or the ADOPT HIT Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow medical care providers to expense (i.e., deduct all costs in the current taxable year) up to $250,000 of the cost of health care information technology used primarily for the electronic creation, maintenance, and exchange of medical care information.Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop standards for hardware, software, and support services for the electronic exchange of health information.

ADOPT HIT Act of 2009

Rep Ryan, Tim	Rep Gerlach, Jim	Rep King, Steve	Rep Akin, W. Todd
Rep Fallin, Mary	Rep Gingrey, Phil	Rep Goodlatte, Bob	Rep Lamborn, Doug
Rep Pitts, Joseph R.	Rep Price, Tom	Rep Burton, Dan	Rep Brown, Henry E., Jr.
Rep Hensarling, Jeb	Rep Johnson, Sam	Rep McMorris Rodgers, Cathy	Rep Sessions, Pete
Rep Smith, Lamar	Rep Bartlett, Roscoe G.	Rep Cole, Tom	Rep Fleming, John
Rep Bishop, Rob	Rep Schmidt, Jean

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-02-23		Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2009-02-13		Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2009-02-13		Referred to House Ways and Means
2009-02-13		Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HN01087:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-111hr1087ih/pdf/BILLS-111hr1087ih.pdf