Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015
Latest action · Sep 8, 2015 Held at the desk.
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 14, 2015
- Passed SenateAug 5, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on July 30, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015
(Sec. 3) This bill 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 from being treated as such an encounter in determining whether an eligible professional qualifies as a meaningful electronic health record (EHR) user.
Terminates this prohibition three years after the Department of Health and Human Services determines, through notice and comment rulemaking, that certified EHR technology is applicable to the ambulatory surgical center setting.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 14, 2015 to Jul 7, 2015; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Original | May 14, 2015 |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | May 22, 2015 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Jun 18, 2015 | |
| R-TN | Lamar Alexander | Jun 22, 2015 | |
| R-MS | Thad Cochran | Jul 7, 2015 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred May 14, 2015Markup Jun 24, 2015Reported Jul 30, 2015 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 8, 2015Received in the House.
- Sep 8, 2015Held at the desk.
- Aug 6, 2015Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Aug 5, 2015Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6425; text as passed Senate: CR S6425)
- Jul 30, 2015Committee on Finance. Reported by Senator Hatch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-106.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6425Text printed S6425Amendments S6425 | Cory Gardner R-CO | Aug 5, 2015 |
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
- Jul 17, 2015S. 1347, Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015As ordered reported by the Senate Finance Committee on June 24, 2015
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 887 | Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015 | Identical bill | Mar 13, 2015 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill 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 Senate
- Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 5, 2015Engrossed in Senate
- Jul 30, 2015Reported to Senate
- May 14, 2015Introduced in Senate
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.
