US Congress Senate Bill 636 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Introduced on March 21 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-03-21 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Puerto Rico Hospital HITECH Amendments Act of 2013 - 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 (EHR) Technology. (Generally, a subsection [d] hospital is an acute care hospital, particularly one that receives payments under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system [IPPS] when providing covered inpatient services to eligible beneficiaries.)

Puerto Rico Hospital HITECH Amendments Act of 2013

Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]

Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL]

Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-03-21	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

HB1379 (Same As) 2013-04-09 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/636/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s636/BILLS-113s636is.pdf