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S 2059 115th Congress Senate Health

EHR Regulatory Relief Act

Introduced: November 2, 2017 Introduced by: Thune, John Republican · South Dakota See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Nov 2, 2017
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EHR Regulatory Relief Act

This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish a 90-day performance period with respect to determining whether an eligible professional or hospital is a meaningful electronic health record (EHR) user.

Additionally, the bill: (1) requires the CMS to consider specified findings and recommendations of the Government Accountability Office with respect to assessing whether an eligible professional is a meaningful EHR user, (2) allows the CMS to determine that an eligible hospital is a meaningful EHR user if the hospital meets a specified percentage of the applicable measures established by the CMS, and (3) extends the applicability of the hardship exception with respect to meaningful EHR use.

What's happening now November 2, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Cassidy, Bill
Louisiana · Nov 2, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2059: EHR Regulatory Relief Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2059/
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"S. 2059: EHR Regulatory Relief Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2059/.
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S. 2059, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2059/.
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