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Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015

Introduced: May 14, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 8, 2015
Held at the desk.
Sep 8, 2015
Received in the House.
Aug 6, 2015
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Aug 5, 2015
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6425; text as passed Senate: CR S6425)
Aug 5, 2015
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6425; text as passed Senate: CR S6425)
Jul 30, 2015
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 185.
Jul 30, 2015
Committee on Finance. Reported by Senator Hatch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-106.
Jun 24, 2015
Committee on Finance. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
May 14, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 14, 2015
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on July 30, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015

(Sec. 3) This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit, for a payment year after 2015, any patient encounter of an eligible professional occurring at an ambulatory surgical center from being treated as such an encounter in determining whether an eligible professional qualifies as a meaningful electronic health record (EHR) user.

Terminates this prohibition three years after the Department of Health and Human Services determines, through notice and comment rulemaking, that certified EHR technology is applicable to the ambulatory surgical center setting.

What's happening now September 8, 2015

Held at the desk.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1