Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015
Latest action · Mar 13, 2015 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 114-40, Part I.
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 11, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015
(Sec. 2) Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit for a payment year after 2015 any patient encounter of an eligible professional occurring at an ambulatory surgical center (ASC) from being treated as such a patient encounter in determining whether an eligible professional qualifies as a meaningful electronic health record (EHR) user.
Terminates this prohibition three years after the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines, through notice and comment rulemaking, that certified EHR technology is applicable to the ASC setting.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 11, 2015 to Jun 22, 2016; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-GA | David Scott | Original | Feb 11, 2015 |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Original | Feb 11, 2015 |
| R-FL | Vern Buchanan | Original | Feb 11, 2015 |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Feb 25, 2015 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Feb 25, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Michael C. Burgess | Feb 25, 2015 | |
| R-AZ | David Schweikert | Mar 3, 2015 | |
| R-MS | Gregg Harper | Mar 17, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Mar 17, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Apr 21, 2015 | |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Jun 18, 2015 | |
| R-MO | Jason Smith | Nov 2, 2015 | |
| R-AZ | Matt Salmon | Nov 2, 2015 | |
| R-MS | Trent Kelly | Nov 30, 2015 | |
| R-GA | Tom Price | Jan 6, 2016 | |
| R-CA | Tom McClintock | Jun 22, 2016 |
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 11, 2015 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 13, 2015 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Feb 11, 2015Markup Feb 26, 2015Reported Mar 13, 2015 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 27, 2015 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 13, 2015Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 114-40, Part I.
- Feb 27, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Feb 26, 2015Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Feb 26, 2015Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Feb 13, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Mar 12, 2015H.R. 887, Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on February 26, 2015
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 23, February 11, 2015, page H983.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1347 | Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015 | Identical bill | Sep 8, 2015 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to the treatment of patient encounters in ambulatory surgical centers in determining meaningful EHR use, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 11, 2015Introduced 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.
