To establish the Commission on Health Care Savings through Innovative Wireless Technologies.
Latest action · Nov 22, 2013 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.
- IntroducedNov 21, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Establishes in the legislative branch the Commission on Health Care Savings through Innovative Wireless Technologies, which shall:
- examine the cost savings to the U.S. health care system that can be achieved by increasing the use of wireless health information technologies by patients, caregivers, and health care providers;
- examine existing scientific research studying the medical effectiveness of such technologies;
- examine existing payment models and incentive payment programs that provide federal financial reimbursement or funding for the use of such technologies;
- examine options for Congress and federal agencies to incentivize and promote innovation and technological advancements in the area of such technologies;
- examine barriers to marketplace entry that impede efforts to develop new, and improve existing, wireless health information technologies;
- identify appropriate situations and recommend methods for integrating such technologies into federal health care programs;
- develop a proposal for a comprehensive program to encourage such integration;
- develop cost estimate approaches that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) can use to more accurately assess the cost savings the government can achieve by increasing the use of such technologies by patients, caregivers, and health care providers; and
- submit an interim report within 9 months and a final report within 18 months after its final member is appointed.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 21, 2013 to Dec 3, 2013; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Original | Nov 21, 2013 |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Original | Nov 21, 2013 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | Nov 21, 2013 |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Original | Nov 21, 2013 |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Original | Nov 21, 2013 |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Dec 3, 2013 |
Committees 1
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 Nov 21, 2013 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Nov 22, 2013 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 22, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Nov 21, 2013Introduced in House
- Nov 21, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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 H7355.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish the Commission on Health Care Savings through Innovative Wireless Technologies.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 21, 2013Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
