3.0.0 1262 2020-02-10T17:00:23Z 2020-02-10T17:00:23Z Senate S S 2005-06-16 109 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-06-16T23:10:04Z 2005-07-21 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8591) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-07-18 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8393-8394) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-06-16 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6754-6758) IntroReferral 2005-06-16 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6752-6754) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-06-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000439 Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN] WILLIAM FRIST R TN H. N C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2005-06-16 True M001162 Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL] Mel Martinez R FL 2005-06-16 True B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2005-06-16 True T000024 Sen. Talent, Jim [R-MO] JIM TALENT R MO 2005-06-16 True M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2005-06-16 True T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. 2005-06-16 True O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL 2005-06-16 True S000059 Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA] RICK SANTORUM R PA 2005-06-30 False J000072 Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] JAMES JEFFORDS I VT MERRILL 2005-06-30 False B000611 Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO] CHRISTOPHER BOND R MO S. 2005-06-30 False D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2005-06-30 False A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2005-06-30 False N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2005-07-11 False L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2005-07-11 False S001163 Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] Ken Salazar D CO 2006-02-15 False Health Armed Forces and National Security Biological warfare Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Communicable diseases Communication in medicine Computer software Computers Congress Congressional reporting requirements Consumer education Cost control Department of Health and Human Services Economics and Public Finance Electronic data interchange Executive reorganization Families Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to child health services Federal aid to health facilities Government Operations and Politics Government trust funds Governmental investigations Grants-in-aid Health information systems Health insurance Health services administration Interstate relations Licenses Medicaid Medical economics Medical fees Medical malpractice Medical records Medical statistics Medically uninsured Medicare Military medicine Physicians Poor children Presidential appointments Quality of care Right of privacy Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Standards State laws Telemedicine Veterans' medical care Health 00 2005-06-16 Introduced in Senate 2005-09-22T18:47:09Z Health Technology to Enhance Quality Act of 2005 or the Health TEQ Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology to carry out programs and activities to develop a nationwide interoperable health information technology infrastructure.

Requires the Coordinator to establish a permanent Electronic Health Information Standards Development Working Group to review existing standards, identify deficiencies, and recommend modifications. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to review and provide for the adoption by the federal government of any recommended modification or standard.

Requires the Secretary to develop criteria to: (1) ensure uniform and consistent implementation of any standards voluntarily adopted by private entities; and (2) ensure and certify hardware, software, and support services compliance with adopted standards.

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Coordinator, to direct and coordinate federal spending related to the electronic exchange of health information and the adoption of recommendations of the Working Group.

Prohibits any federal agency from expending federal funds to purchase hardware, software, or support services for implementation of a standard related to the electronic exchange of health information that is not an adopted standard.

Allows the Secretary to award grants for the implementation of regional or local health information plans. Requires the Secretary to establish: (1) a safe harbor for group purchasing of hardware, software, and support services; and (2) guidelines that permit certain arrangements between health plans and issuers and health care providers.

Requires the heads of relevant federal agencies to adopt and review uniform health care quality measures.

Requires the Secretary to establish a Medicare value based purchasing pilot program and authorize waivers for states to establish value based purchasing programs for state Medicaid programs.

]]> Health TEQ Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Health TEQ Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Health Technology to Enhance Quality Act of 2005 Display Title Health TEQ Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to reduce healthcare costs, improve efficiency, and improve healthcare quality through the development of a nation-wide interoperable health information technology system, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2005-06-16T04:00:00Z 2005-07-21 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8591) 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.