3.0.0 1729 2023-01-15T08:03:20Z 2023-01-15T08:03:20Z Senate S S 2003-10-14 108 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-10-14T23:28:16Z 2003-10-14 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2003-10-14 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12544-12545) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-10-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000352 Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL] DANIEL GRAHAM D FL ROBERT N S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2003-10-14 True Health Commerce Computer literacy Computer software Computers Congress Congressional reporting requirements Drug interactions Economics and Public Finance Employee training Families Federal aid to child health services Federal aid to health facilities Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government trust funds Health information systems Health insurance Hospital personnel Hospitals Housing and Community Development Labor and Employment Leases Medicaid Medical malpractice Medical records Medical technology Medically uninsured Medicare Nursing homes Poor children Rural health Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Health 00 2003-10-14 Introduced in Senate 2003-10-28T19:55:36Z Medication Errors Reduction Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide grants to eligible hospitals and skilled nursing facilities for costs related to purchasing, leasing, developing, and implementing standardized clinical health care informatics systems designed to improve patient safety and reduce adverse events and health care complications resulting from medication errors.

Gives special consideration to eligible entities serving a large number of Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) eligible individuals. Reserves a certain percentage of grant funds for rural hospitals.

Terminates grant authority on September 30, 2013.

]]> Medication Errors Reduction Act of 2003 Display Title Medication Errors Reduction Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish an informatics grant program for hospitals and skilled nursing facilities in order to encourage health care providers to make major information technology advances. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Medication Errors Reduction Act of 2003 Introduced in Senate 2003-10-14T04:00:00Z 2003-10-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.