HR 1701
113th Congress
House
Health
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
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Medicaid
Medicare
Cutting Costly Codes Act of 2013
Introduced: April 24, 2013
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 3, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 26, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 24, 2013
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.
Apr 24, 2013
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Cutting Costly Codes Act of 2013 - Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) from implementing, administering, or enforcing specified regulations insofar as they would replace International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-9 with ICD-10 as a standard for code sets for appropriate data elements for financial and administrative transactions involving the electronic exchange of health information.
(The ICD is a health care classification system of diagnostic codes for classifying diseases.)
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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