3.0.0 2710 2023-01-14T22:48:26Z 2023-01-14T22:48:26Z Senate S S 2004-07-21 108 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2004-07-21T20:42:24Z 2004-07-21 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2004-07-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000445 Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH] Judd Gregg R NH N S001141 Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] Jeff Sessions R AL 2004-07-21 True F000439 Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN] WILLIAM FRIST R TN H. 2004-07-21 True B001066 Sen. Bunning, Jim [R-KY] JIM BUNNING R KY 2004-07-22 False Health Administrative procedure Armed Forces and National Security Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Commerce Communication in medicine Computer security measures Computer software Computers Congress Congressional reporting requirements Cost effectiveness Demography Department of Health and Human Services Economics and Public Finance Electronic data interchange Employee health benefits Executive reorganization Families Federal aid to child health services Federal aid to health facilities Federally-guaranteed loans Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government procurement Government publicity Health care industry Health facilities Health information systems Health insurance Health surveys Hospital rates Hospitals Information technology Insurance companies Labor and Employment Law Licenses Medicaid Medical fees Medical records Medical statistics Medically uninsured Medicare Military medicine Patients' rights Performance measurement Physicians Poor children Public-private partnerships Quality of care Right of privacy Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Standards Strategic planning Veterans' medical care Health 00 2004-07-21 Introduced in Senate 2004-10-20T20:08:23Z National Health Information Technology Adoption Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the Office of Health Information Technology to: (1) improve the quality and efficiency of health care delivery through the use of health information technology; (2) provide national leadership relating to such technology; (3) direct all health information technology activities within the Department of Health and Human Services and coordinate such efforts across the Federal Government; and (4) facilitate the interaction between the Government and the private sector relating to the development and use of such technology.

Requires the Director of the Office to provide for the adoption, dissemination, and updating of health information technology standards that promote the efficient exchange of data between varieties of provider health information technology systems.

Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from purchasing any health care information technology system that is not in compliance with such standards.

Requires the Director to guarantee payment of the principal and interest on loans made to eligible entities and award competitive matching grants to: (1) implement local health information infrastructure to facilitate the development of interoperability across health care settings; or (2) facilitate the purchase and adoption of health information technology.

Requires the Secretary, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish uniform health care quality measures and public reporting requirements across all federally supported health delivery programs. Sets forth time lines for the development of such measures.

Requires the Secretary to provide for the collection of demographic data across Federal programs.

]]> National Health Information Technology Adoption Act Display Title National Health Information Technology Adoption Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the quality and efficiency of health care delivery through improvements in health care information technology, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced National Health Information Technology Adoption Act Introduced in Senate 2004-07-21T04:00:00Z 2004-07-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.