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HR 270 114th Congress House Health Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Health personnel Medicaid Medicare

Flexibility in Health IT Reporting (Flex-IT) Act of 2015

Introduced: February 11, 2015 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 30, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 16, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 12, 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.
Jan 12, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Flexibility in Health IT Reporting (Flex-IT) Act of 2015

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in specifying the electronic health record (EHR) reporting period under EHR electronic health record technology incentive payment programs under titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, to continue through 2015 (in the case of eligible professionals) and FY2015 (in the case of eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals) to permit the use of a three-month quarter EHR reporting period to demonstrate meaningful use without regard to the payment year or the stage of meaningful use criteria involved.

What's happening now March 30, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 2822 Related bill Flexibility in Electronic Health Record Reporting Act
  • HR 5001 Related bill Flexibility in Electronic Health Record Reporting Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Democratic 3 Republican 9
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Rouzer, David
North Carolina · Apr 27, 2015
 D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Apr 21, 2015
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 17, 2015
 R
Hill, J. French
Arkansas · Feb 13, 2015
Jenkins, Evan
· Feb 11, 2015
 R
Latta, Robert E.
Ohio · Feb 11, 2015
Chaffetz, Jason
· Feb 9, 2015
 R
Graves, Sam
Missouri · Feb 9, 2015
 R
Kelly, Mike
Pennsylvania · Jan 21, 2015
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Jan 21, 2015
 R
Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Jan 14, 2015
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jan 14, 2015
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Jan 12, 2015
 R
Thompson, Glenn
Pennsylvania · Jan 12, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 270: Flexibility in Health IT Reporting (Flex-IT) Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-270/
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"H.R. 270: Flexibility in Health IT Reporting (Flex-IT) Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-270/.
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H.R. 270, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-270/.
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