US Congress House Bill 1273 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-1)
Status: Introduced on March 30 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-04-07 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Puerto Rico Hospital HITECH Amendments of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to apply Medicare HITECH (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act) payments to subsection (d) hospitals in Puerto Rico. (Generally, a subsection [d] hospital is an acute hospital, particularly one that receives payments under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system [IPPS] when providing covered inpatient services to eligible beneficiaries.) Requires specified budget neutrality adjustments for FY2011-FY2012 and subsequent fiscal years so that estimated aggregate incentive payments for adoption and meaningful use of certified electronic health record (EHR) technology are not increased as a result of this Act.

Puerto Rico Hospital HITECH Amendments of 2011

Rep. Pedro Pierluisi [N-PR]	Rep. Robert Andrews [D-NJ]	Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]
Rep. Eni Faleomavaega [D-AS]	Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]
Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-04-07	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-03-30	House	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

SB688 (Related) 2011-03-30 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/1273/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr1273/BILLS-112hr1273ih.pdf