US Congress House Bill 5481 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 23-1)
Status: Introduced on September 16 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-09-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in specifying the electronic health record (EHR) reporting period under EHR electronic health record technology incentive payment programs under titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, to continue through 2015 (in the case of eligible professionals) and FY2015 (in the case of eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals) to permit the use of a three-month quarter EHR reporting period to demonstrate meaningful use without regard to the payment year or the stage of meaningful use criteria involved.

To continue the use of a 3-month quarter EHR reporting period for health care providers to demonstrate meaningful use for 2015 under the Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive payment programs, and for other purposes.

Rep. Renee Ellmers [R-NC]	Rep. Dan Benishek [R-MI]	Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]	Rep. Diane Black [R-TN]
Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]	Rep. Jason Chaffetz [R-UT]	Rep. Curt Clawson [R-FL]
Rep. Charles Fleischmann [R-TN]	Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]	Rep. Phil Gingrey [R-GA]	Rep. Tim Griffin [R-AR]
Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]	Rep. Jim Matheson [D-UT]
Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA]	Rep. Patrick McHenry [R-NC]	Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]	Rep. Alan Nunnelee [R-MS]
Rep. Todd Rokita [R-IN]	Rep. Chris Stewart [R-UT]	Rep. Ed Whitfield [R-KY]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-09-19	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2014-09-16	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2014-09-16	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2014-09-16	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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/5481/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr5481/BILLS-113hr5481ih.pdf