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HR 6005 111th Congress House

Ensuring Equality for Early EHR Adoption Act of 2010

Official title: To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for the temporary treatment of certain electronic health records as certified EHR technolog… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for the temporary treatment of certain electronic health records as certified EHR technology for purposes of health information technology payment incentives under the Medicare and Medicaid Programs.

Introduced: July 30, 2010 See on congress.gov
Health Computers and information technologyHealth information and medical recordsMedicaidMedicare
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Jul 30, 2010
Referred to House Ways and Means
Jul 30, 2010
Referred 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.
Jul 30, 2010
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Jul 30, 2010
Introduced in House
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Referred to House Ways and Means

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ensuring Equality for Early EHR Adoption Act of 2010 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to treat as certified electronic health record (EHR) technology, for incentive payment years 2011 and 2012, an EHR that is not certified and that: (1) enables the demonstration of meaningful EHR use for an EHR reporting period for the payment year involved; and (2) enables a Medicaid provider to demonstrate meaningful EHR use.

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 Cosponsors 1
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Jul 30, 2010
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6005: Ensuring Equality for Early EHR Adoption Act of 2010. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-6005/
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"H.R. 6005: Ensuring Equality for Early EHR Adoption Act of 2010." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-6005/.
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H.R. 6005, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-6005/.
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