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HR 1379 113th Congress House Health Caribbean area Computers and information technology Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Health technology, devices, supplies Medicare Puerto Rico U.S. territories and protectorates

Puerto Rico Hospital HITECH Amendments Act of 2013

Introduced: March 21, 2013 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 9, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 21, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 21, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Puerto Rico Hospital HITECH Amendments Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to apply Medicare HITECH (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act) payments to subsection (d) hospitals in Puerto Rico to allow them to qualify for incentives for adoption and meaningful use of certified electronic health record (EHR) Technology.

(Generally, a subsection [d] hospital is an acute care hospital, particularly one that receives payments under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system [IPPS] when providing covered inpatient services to eligible beneficiaries.)

What's happening now April 9, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Republican 1
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Diaz-Balart, Mario
Florida · Mar 21, 2013
Grayson, Alan
· Mar 21, 2013
KING, PETER
· Mar 21, 2013
MICA, JOHN
· Mar 21, 2013
ROS-LEHTINEN, ILEANA
· Mar 21, 2013
SERRANO, JOSE
· Mar 21, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1379: Puerto Rico Hospital HITECH Amendments Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1379/
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"H.R. 1379: Puerto Rico Hospital HITECH Amendments Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1379/.
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H.R. 1379, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1379/.
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