Health Information Technology Act of 2005
Latest action · Jun 13, 2005 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6414-6417)
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.
- IntroducedJun 13, 2005
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Health Information Technology Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program to award grants to eligible health care entities to offset costs related to clinical health care informatics systems and services designed to improve quality in health care and patient safety, including costs for the purchase, lease, or installation of computer software and hardware.
Requires the Secretary to conduct studies to: (1) evaluate the use of clinical health care informatics systems and services to measure and report quality data; and (2) assess the impact of such systems and services on improving patient care, reducing costs, and increasing efficiencies.
Directs the Secretary to establish a methodology for making adjustments in Medicare payment amounts for providers of services and suppliers who use health information technology and technology services with patient-specific applications that improve the quality and accuracy of clinical decision-making, compliance, health care delivery, and efficiency.
Requires the Secretary to provide for the development and adoption of national data and communication health information technology standards that promote the efficient exchange of data between varieties of provider health information technology systems.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an eligible entity to elect to expense qualified health care informatics system expenditures.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 13, 2005 to Sep 27, 2005, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-ME | Olympia J. Snowe | Original | Jun 13, 2005 |
| D-MI | Carl Levin | Jun 23, 2005 | |
| D-NJ | Jon S. Corzine | Jul 29, 2005 | |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Sep 27, 2005 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 13, 2005Introduced in Senate
- Jun 13, 2005Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6414-6417)
- Jun 13, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6410-6413)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Access to health care
- Budget deficits
- Communication in medicine
- Community health services
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Cost control
- Depreciation and amortization
- Economics and Public Finance
- Families
- Federal aid to child health services
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government trust funds
- Health
- Health information systems
- Health insurance
- Hospitals
- Housing and Community Development
- Income tax
- Information technology
- Medicaid
- Medical economics
- Medical records
- Medical statistics
- Medical technology
- Medically uninsured
- Medicare
- Mental care facilities
- Nursing homes
- Physicians
- Poor children
- Quality of care
- Rural health
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- Tax deductions
- Tax-exempt organizations
- Taxation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 13, 2005Introduced in Senate
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