HR 2652
114th Congress
House
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Protecting Patients and Physicians Against Coding Act of 2015
Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 8, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 5, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 4, 2015
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.
Jun 4, 2015
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Protecting Patients and Physicians Against Coding Act of 2015
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in carrying out regulations providing for the replacement of ICD-9 (International Classification of Diseases-9) with ICD-10 as a standard code set, shall provide for a two-year grace period during which physicians and other health care providers submitting claims and other documents using ICD-10 are not penalized for errors, mistakes, and malfunctions relating to the transition to such code set. HHS shall also give these practitioners assistance during the grace period.
The Government Accountability Office shall study this transition for Congress.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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