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S 643 112th Congress Senate

Fix HIT Act of 2011

Official title: A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to direct Medicaid EHR incentive payments to federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics.

Introduced: September 6, 2011 See on congress.gov
Health Computers and information technologyHealth facilities and institutionsHealth information and medical recordsMedicaid
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Mar 17, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 17, 2011
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action March 17, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fix HIT Act of 2011 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require direct Medicaid electronic health record (EHR) incentive payments to federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1187 Identical bill Fix HIT Act of 2011
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Independent 1
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Sep 6, 2011
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · May 11, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 643: Fix HIT Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-643/
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"S. 643: Fix HIT Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-643/.
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S. 643, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-643/.
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