National Health Information Incentive Act of 2007
Latest action · Apr 25, 2007 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.
- IntroducedApr 19, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
National Health Information Incentive Act of 2007 - Establishes within the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services an Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
Amends title XI of the Social Security Act to add a new part D (Building the National Health Information Infrastructure). Directs the Secretary to make additional Medicare payment incentives to assure that small medical 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.
Provides for optional financial incentives to small health care providers and entities to implement such an infrastructure.
Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) make grants to small medical care providers for the purpose of assisting them to acquire and adopt patient registries, evidence-based clinical decision support tools at the point of care, electronic health records, secure e-mail, and other health information technologies defined by the Secretary as a key component of a national health care information infrastructure; and (2) make and guarantee loans to assist small medical care providers to acquire and adopt such things.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat qualified health care information technology as a depreciable asset for which a deduction from taxable income is allowable for the taxable year in which it is placed in service.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 19, 2007 to Jun 12, 2008, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TX | Gene Green | Original | Apr 19, 2007 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Apr 19, 2007 |
| R-GA | Phil Gingrey | Original | Apr 19, 2007 |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | May 1, 2007 | |
| R-LA | Bobby Jindal | May 7, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | May 7, 2007 | |
| R-PA | Jim Gerlach | May 21, 2007 | |
| D-GA | Jim Marshall | May 21, 2007 | |
| D-OK | Dan Boren | May 23, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | May 23, 2007 | |
| R-IN | Dan Burton | Jun 7, 2007 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Jun 7, 2007 | |
| D-LA | Rodney Alexander | Jun 7, 2007 | |
| R-IA | Tom Latham | Jul 17, 2007 | |
| D-GA | John Barrow | Dec 4, 2007 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Apr 29, 2008 | |
| R-NY | John R. "Randy" Kuhl Jr. | Jun 10, 2008 | |
| D-TX | Nick Lampson | Jun 12, 2008 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 25, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Apr 20, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Apr 19, 2007Introduced in House
- Apr 19, 2007Referred 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Commerce
- Computer security measures
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Depreciation and amortization
- Economics and Public Finance
- Electronic mail systems
- Executive reorganization
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Federally-guaranteed loans
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Health information systems
- Income tax
- Information technology
- Medical records
- Medicare
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Small business
- Social Welfare
- Tax deductions
- Taxation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 19, 2007Introduced in House
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