US Congress House Bill 1225 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 3 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Puerto Rico Hospital HITECH Amendments Act of 2015 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 to allow them to qualify for incentives for adoption and meaningful use of certified electronic health record Technology. (Generally, a subsection [d] hospital is an acute care hospital, particularly one that receives payments under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system when providing covered inpatient services to eligible beneficiaries.)

Puerto Rico Hospital HITECH Amendments Act of 2015

Rep. Pedro Pierluisi [N-PR]

Rep. Peter King [R-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-27	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-03-03	House	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2015-03-03	House	Introduced in House

HB2635 (Related) 2015-06-05 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
SB1602 (Same As) 2015-06-17 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB1961 (Related) 2015-08-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB2029 (Related) 2015-12-18 - Became Public Law No: 114-113. (TXT | PDF)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1225/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr1225/BILLS-114hr1225ih.pdf