National Health Information Incentive Act of 2005
Latest action · Feb 25, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 10, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
National Health Information Incentive Act of 2005 - Establishes within the executive office of the President an Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
Amends title XI of the Social Security Act to add a new part D (Standards for Building The National Health Information Infrastructure) to direct the Secretary to develop or adopt standards for transactions and data elements for such transactions to enable the creation of a national health care information infrastructure.
Requires the Secretary to include additional Medicare payment incentives to assure small health care providers have the capability to move toward a national health care information infrastructure by acquiring electronic health record systems and other health information technologies that meet such standards.
Provides for optional financial incentives to small health care providers and entities to implement a national health information infrastructure.
Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) make grants to small health care providers and entities for expenditures relating to the implementation of a national health information infrastructure; and (2) make and guarantee loans to small health care providers for the purpose of assisting them to implement, design, test, acquire, and adopt electronic health records and other health information technologies.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for a refundable credit for a portion of the expenses of for establishing a health care information technology system (infrastructure).
Cosponsors 53
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 10, 2005 to Jul 13, 2006; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NC | Brad Miller | Original | Feb 10, 2005 |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Original | Feb 10, 2005 |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Original | Feb 10, 2005 |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Original | Feb 10, 2005 |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Original | Feb 10, 2005 |
| R-NY | John M. McHugh | Original | Feb 10, 2005 |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Original | Feb 10, 2005 |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | Original | Feb 10, 2005 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Feb 10, 2005 |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Mar 17, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Mar 17, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Mar 17, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Mar 17, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Joe Baca | Mar 17, 2005 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Mar 17, 2005 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Apr 21, 2005 | |
| D-TN | Harold E. Ford Jr. | Apr 21, 2005 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Apr 21, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Apr 27, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Apr 27, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | May 4, 2005 | |
| D-AZ | Ed Pastor | May 4, 2005 | |
| D-WV | Nick J. Rahall II | May 4, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Anthony D. Weiner | May 17, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | May 17, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | May 17, 2005 | |
| D-SD | Stephanie Herseth Sandlin | May 17, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | May 19, 2005 | |
| R-NY | John R. "Randy" Kuhl Jr. | May 19, 2005 | |
| D-NJ | Robert E. Andrews | May 19, 2005 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | May 19, 2005 | |
| R-FL | Adam H. Putnam | May 25, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | May 25, 2005 | |
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | May 25, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Hilda L. Solis | May 25, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Jane Harman | May 25, 2005 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | May 25, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Jun 7, 2005 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Jun 7, 2005 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Jun 28, 2005 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Jun 28, 2005 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Jul 18, 2005 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Jul 18, 2005 | |
| R-KS | Jerry Moran | Sep 21, 2005 | |
| D-LA | William J. Jefferson | Sep 21, 2005 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Oct 7, 2005 | |
| D-ME | Thomas H. Allen | Oct 7, 2005 | |
| D-MO | Russ Carnahan | Dec 16, 2005 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Apr 6, 2006 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Apr 6, 2006 | |
| D-VA | Rick Boucher | Apr 6, 2006 | |
| D-IN | Julia Carson | May 24, 2006 | |
| R-NM | Heather Wilson | Jul 13, 2006 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Feb 10, 2005 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 25, 2005 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Feb 10, 2005 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 17, 2005 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 25, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Feb 17, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Feb 10, 2005Introduced in House
- Feb 10, 2005Referred 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 3
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 109-130 | MEDICARE PHYSICIAN PAYMENT: HOW TO BUILD A PAYMENT SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES QUALITY, EFFICIENT CARE FOR MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES320 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Jul 25, 2006–Jul 27, 2006 |
| Serial No. 109-68 | FOURTH IN A SERIES ON HEALTH CARE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY107 pages | Ways and Means Committee | Apr 6, 2006 |
| Serial No. 109-28 | HEALTH CARE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY95 pages | Ways and Means Committee | Jul 27, 2005 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL32858 | Health Information Technology: Promoting Electronic Connectivity in Healthcare Archived | Report | Apr 13, 2005 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to achieve a national health information infrastructure, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a refundable credit for expenditures of health care providers implementing such infrastructure.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- National Health Information Incentive Act of 2005
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Administrative procedure
- Case management
- Chronically ill
- Commerce
- Communication in medicine
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Economics and Public Finance
- Electronic data interchange
- Executive Office of the President
- Executive reorganization
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Federal preemption
- Federally-guaranteed loans
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government lending
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Health information systems
- Health insurance
- Health maintenance organizations
- Housing and Community Development
- Income tax
- Information technology
- Infrastructure
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- Law
- Medical fees
- Medical records
- Medicare
- Physicians
- Presidential appointments
- Quality of care
- Revolving funds
- Rural health
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Small business
- Social Welfare
- Standards
- State laws
- Tax credits
- Tax refunds
- Taxation
- Technology assessment
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 10, 2005Introduced in House
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