US Congress Senate Bill 2059 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Introduced on November 2 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-11-02 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

EHR Regulatory Relief Act This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish a 90-day performance period with respect to determining whether an eligible professional or hospital is a meaningful electronic health record (EHR) user. Additionally, the bill: (1) requires the CMS to consider specified findings and recommendations of the Government Accountability Office with respect to assessing whether an eligible professional is a meaningful EHR user, (2) allows the CMS to determine that an eligible hospital is a meaningful EHR user if the hospital meets a specified percentage of the applicable measures established by the CMS, and (3) extends the applicability of the hardship exception with respect to meaningful EHR use.

EHR Regulatory Relief Act

Sen. John Thune [R-SD]	Sen. Lamar Alexander [R-TN]	Sen. Richard Burr [R-NC]	Sen. Michael Enzi [R-WY]
Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS]	Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-11-02	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/2059/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s2059/BILLS-115s2059is.pdf