US Congress House Bill 2500 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on July 12 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-07-20 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Equal Access and Parity for Multi-Campus Hospitals Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA), with respect to payments to hospitals for inpatient hospital services, to prescribe a special rule for applying Medicare electronic health record (EHR) incentive payments, at the election of a qualified main hospital, to its remote inpatient locations. Prohibits administrative or judicial review of: (1) the methodology and standards for determining a remote inpatient location, a qualified remote inpatient location, a component facility, a qualified component facility, a main provider, and a qualified main provider, and which such locations, facilities, and providers are qualified; and (2) the methodology and standards for the election in connection with such special rule. Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to set forth a special rule for applying Medicaid EHR incentive payments, at the election of a qualified main hospital, to its remote locations.

Equal Access and Parity for Multi-Campus Hospitals Act

Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]	Rep. Gary Ackerman [D-NY]	Rep. Jason Altmire [D-PA]	Rep. Steve Austria [R-OH]
Rep. Xavier Becerra [D-CA]	Rep. Shelley Berkley [D-NV]	Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]
Rep. Leonard Boswell [D-IA]	Rep. Kevin Brady [R-TX]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Larry Bucshon [R-IN]
Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Francisco Canseco [R-TX]	Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]
Rep. John Culberson [R-TX]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Renee Ellmers [R-NC]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]
Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]	Rep. Jim Gerlach [R-PA]	Rep. Bob Gibbs [R-OH]
Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Michael Grimm [R-NY]
Rep. Ralph Hall [R-TX]	Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]
Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]
Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Tom Latham [R-IA]	Rep. Steven LaTourette [R-OH]
Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]	Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Billy Long [R-MO]
Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]	Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]
Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]
Rep. Thomas Petri [R-WI]	Rep. Mike Pompeo [R-KS]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]
Rep. Jon Runyan [R-NJ]	Rep. Steve Scalise [R-LA]	Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL]	Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]
Rep. Bill Shuster [R-PA]	Rep. Lamar Smith [R-TX]	Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]	Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]
Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-07-20	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-07-15	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-07-12	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2011-07-12	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2011-07-12	House	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	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/2500/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr2500/BILLS-112hr2500ih.pdf