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S. 1602 114th Congress Senate

Puerto Rico Hospital HITECH Amendments Act of 2015

Official title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow certain hospitals in Puerto Rico to qualify for incentives for adoption and meaningful use of c… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow certain hospitals in Puerto Rico to qualify for incentives for adoption and meaningful use of certified EHR Technology under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 17, 2015 See on congress.gov
Health Caribbean areaComputers and information technologyHealth facilities and institutionsHealth information and medical records
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Health technology, devices, suppliesMedicarePuerto RicoU.S. territories and protectorates
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Jun 17, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jun 17, 2015
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 Latest action June 17, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Puerto Rico Hospital HITECH Amendments Act of 2015

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 Technology.

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

 Related & companion bills 4
  • HR 1225 Identical bill Puerto Rico Hospital HITECH Amendments Act of 2015
  • HR 2635 Improving the Treatment of the U.S. Territories Under Federal Health Programs Act of 2015
  • S 1961 Improving the Treatment of the U.S. Territories Under Federal Health Programs Act of 2015
  • HR 2029 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
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All 1 Democratic 1
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Jun 17, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1602: Puerto Rico Hospital HITECH Amendments Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1602/
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"S. 1602: Puerto Rico Hospital HITECH Amendments Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1602/.
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S. 1602, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1602/.
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