Integrated Electronic Health Records (iEHR) for Military and Veterans Act
Latest action · Jun 20, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
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.
- IntroducedMay 20, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Integrated Electronic Health Records (iEHR) for Military and Veterans Act - Directs the Secretaries of Defense (DOD) and Veterans Affairs (VA) to jointly carry out a program to award a cash prize ($50 million) and contract to an entity that develops a fully-integrated electronic health records program for national use by DOD and VA. Directs the Secretaries to: (1) widely advertise the prize competitions and announce each one in the Federal Register, and (2) create a joint panel to establish criteria for the program's development. Requires the prize recipient to be awarded a contract with DOD and VA to provide the program, including maintenance and support, and to be compensated at $25 million per year for five years. Reverts to the federal government, after such period, any intellectual property developed under the contract.
Authorizes the Secretaries to require competition participants to waive claims against the federal government (except for willful conduct) arising from such participation, and requires participants to obtain liability insurance therefor.
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 20, 2013 to Sep 25, 2013; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | Bill Flores | Original | May 20, 2013 |
| R-OH | Bill Johnson | Original | May 20, 2013 |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | Original | May 20, 2013 |
| R-CA | Jeff Denham | Original | May 20, 2013 |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | Original | May 20, 2013 |
| D-NY | Timothy H. Bishop | Original | May 20, 2013 |
| R-IL | Adam Kinzinger | May 22, 2013 | |
| R-KS | Tim Huelskamp | May 23, 2013 | |
| R-CA | Doug LaMalfa | Jun 5, 2013 | |
| R-LA | John Fleming | Jun 5, 2013 | |
| R-OK | Tom Cole | Jun 5, 2013 | |
| R-TX | Louie Gohmert | Jun 26, 2013 | |
| R-NC | Mark Meadows | Jun 26, 2013 | |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Jun 26, 2013 | |
| R-MN | Michele Bachmann | Jun 26, 2013 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred May 20, 2013 |
| Military Personnel Subcommittee | Referred Jun 20, 2013 | |
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred May 20, 2013 |
| Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee | Referred May 31, 2013 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 20, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- May 31, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
- May 20, 2013Introduced in House
- May 20, 2013Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H2803.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 113-82 | SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING OPTIONS TO SUPPORT THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE92 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Jul 25, 2013 |
| — | DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 201479 pages | Appropriations Committee | Jun 19, 2013 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish a prize program to award a prize and contract for the development of a fully-integrated electronic health records program for use by the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Integrated Electronic Health Records (iEHR) for Military and Veterans Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Computers and information technology
- Department of Defense
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government information and archives
- Health information and medical records
- Intellectual property
- Military medicine
- Military procurement, research, weapons development
- Public contracts and procurement
- Research administration and funding
- Research and development
- Veterans' medical care
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 20, 2013Introduced in House
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