3.0.0 1952 2023-01-13T04:49:35Z 2023-01-13T04:49:35Z Senate S S 2005-11-02 109 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-11-02T20:20:29Z 2005-11-02 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 S12241-12242) IntroReferral 2005-11-02 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12240-12241) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-11-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN N B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN 2005-11-02 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2005-11-02 True L000504 Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] RICHARD LUGAR R IN GREEN 2005-11-02 True C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2005-11-17 False I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2005-12-13 False D000596 Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN] MARK DAYTON D MN 2006-03-30 False Health Administrative procedure Department of Health and Human Services Diseases Economics and Public Finance Electronic data interchange Federal aid to health facilities Federal preemption Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Health information systems Health planning Hospitals Housing and Community Development Information technology Law Medical records Medical statistics Medical technology Performance measurement Quality of care Rural health Science, Technology, Communications Standards State laws Health 00 2005-11-02 Introduced in Senate 2005-12-20T21:12:44Z Critical Access to Health Information Technology Act of 2005 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program to award grants to states to increase access to health care in rural areas by improving health information technology.

Requires a state that receives such a grant to designate a lead agency to: (1) administer the grant; (2) develop the state plan for use of grant funds; and (2) coordinate the expenditure of funds and provision of services under the grant with other federal and state health care programs.

Directs the lead agency to award local grants on a competitive basis based on the extent to which an entity: (1) demonstrates a need to improve its health information reporting and health information technology; and (2) will serve a community with a significant low-income or other medically underserved population. Requires each grant recipient to be a government-owned or private nonprofit hospital located in a rural area.

Requires the lead agency to annually report to the Secretary on: (1) the amounts received under the grant; (2) the amounts allocated to state grant recipients; and (3) the types of expenditures made by local grant recipients.

Requires the Secretary to review and monitor state compliance with the requirements of this Act.

Directs the Secretary to promulgate a final rule concerning the replacement of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases, 9th revision, Clinical Modification with the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision, Clinical Modification and Clinical Modification Coding System. Authorizes the Secretary to adopt specified standards for electronic health care transactions that are recommended in relation to such replacements.

]]> Critical Access to Health Information Technology Act of 2005 Display Title Critical Access to Health Information Technology Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide grants for rural health information technology development activities. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Critical Access to Health Information Technology Act of 2005 Introduced in Senate 2005-11-02T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s1952is/xml/BILLS-109s1952is.xml 2005-11-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12241-12242) 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.