US Congress House Bill 2652 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 51-0)
Status: Introduced on June 4 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-06-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Protecting Patients and Physicians Against Coding Act of 2015 The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in carrying out regulations providing for the replacement of ICD-9 (International Classification of Diseases-9) with ICD-10 as a standard code set, shall provide for a two-year grace period during which physicians and other health care providers submitting claims and other documents using ICD-10 are not penalized for errors, mistakes, and malfunctions relating to the transition to such code set. HHS shall also give these practitioners assistance during the grace period. The Government Accountability Office shall study this transition for Congress.

Protecting Patients and Physicians Against Coding Act of 2015

Rep. Gary Palmer [R-AL]	Rep. Tom Price [R-GA]	Rep. Brian Babin [R-TX]	Rep. Mike D. Rogers [R-AL]
Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]	Rep. Bruce Westerman [R-AR]	Rep. Matt Salmon [R-AZ]	Rep. Ken Buck [R-CO]
Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]	Rep. Mo Brooks [R-AL]	Rep. Mia Love [R-UT]	Rep. Robert Aderholt [R-AL]
Rep. Mark Sanford [R-SC]	Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]	Rep. Vicky Hartzler [R-MO]	Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA]
Rep. John Ratcliffe [R-TX]	Rep. Ryan Zinke [R-MT]	Sen. Cynthia Lummis [R-WY]	Rep. Jim Bridenstine [R-OK]
Rep. Mark Walker [R-NC]	Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]	Rep. Mike Bishop [R-MI]	Rep. Earl Carter [R-GA]
Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]	Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]	Rep. Rod Blum [R-IA]	Rep. Marlin Stutzman [R-IN]
Rep. Tom Rice [R-SC]	Rep. Bradley Byrne [R-AL]	Rep. Barry Loudermilk [R-GA]	Rep. Joe Barton [R-TX]
Rep. Charles Boustany [R-LA]	Rep. Luke Messer [R-IN]	Rep. French Hill [R-AR]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]
Rep. Andy Harris [R-MD]	Rep. Rick Allen [R-GA]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Steve Russell [R-OK]
Rep. Glenn Grothman [R-WI]	Rep. Roger Williams [R-TX]	Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]	Rep. Bill Flores [R-TX]
Rep. Todd Rokita [R-IN]	Rep. David Young [R-IA]	Rep. Ralph Abraham [R-LA]	Sen. Martha McSally [R-AZ]
Rep. Evan Jenkins [R-WV]	Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]	Rep. John Fleming [R-LA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-06-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-06-05	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-06-04	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2015-06-04	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2015-06-04	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
2015-06-04	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2652/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr2652/BILLS-114hr2652ih.pdf