3.0.0 1347 2023-01-11T13:30:00Z 2023-01-11T13:30:00Z Senate S 2015-05-14 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2015-07-30T22:56:59Z Markup by 2015-06-24T15:38:20Z Referred to 2015-05-14T18:42:39Z S. Rept. 114-106 Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015 114 887 HR 2015-03-13 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 114-40, Part I. Identical bill CRS Related bill House 2015-09-08 20:29:21 Held at the desk. Floor H15000 2 House floor actions 2015-09-08 14:05:55 Received in the House. Floor H14000 2 House floor actions 2015-08-06 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2015-08-05 Senate Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6425; text as passed Senate: CR S6425) Floor 2015-08-05 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6425; text as passed Senate: CR S6425) Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2015-07-30 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 185. Calendars 2015-07-30 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Committee on Finance. Reported by Senator Hatch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-106. Committee 2015-07-30 Committee on Finance. Reported by Senator Hatch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-106. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssfi00 Finance Committee 2015-06-24 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Committee on Finance. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Committee 2015-05-14 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2015-05-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA N B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2015-05-14 True W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2015-05-22 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2015-06-18 False A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2015-06-22 False C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2015-07-07 False 2015-07-17T15:54:35Z S. 1347, Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50402 As ordered reported by the Senate Finance Committee on June 24, 2015 Health Health information and medical records Home and outpatient care Medicare Surgery and anesthesia Health 00 2015-05-14 Introduced in Senate 2015-06-04T21:21:02Z Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit any patient encounter of an eligible professional occurring at an ambulatory surgical center from being treated as such an encounter in determining whether an eligible professional qualifies as a meaningful electronic health record (EHR) user.

Terminates this prohibition three years after the Secretary of Health and Human Services certifies EHR technology for the ambulatory surgical center setting.

]]> 01 2015-07-30 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2015-08-06T21:32:16Z Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015

(Sec. 3) This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit, for a payment year after 2015, any patient encounter of an eligible professional occurring at an ambulatory surgical center from being treated as such an encounter in determining whether an eligible professional qualifies as a meaningful electronic health record (EHR) user.

Terminates this prohibition three years after the Department of Health and Human Services determines, through notice and comment rulemaking, that certified EHR technology is applicable to the ambulatory surgical center setting.

]]> 35 2015-08-05 Passed Senate amended 2015-09-21T22:03:21Z (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on July 30, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015

(Sec. 3) This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit, for a payment year after 2015, any patient encounter of an eligible professional occurring at an ambulatory surgical center from being treated as such an encounter in determining whether an eligible professional qualifies as a meaningful electronic health record (EHR) user.

Terminates this prohibition three years after the Department of Health and Human Services determines, through notice and comment rulemaking, that certified EHR technology is applicable to the ambulatory surgical center setting.

]]> Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015 Display Title Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to the treatment of patient encounters in ambulatory surgical centers in determining meaningful EHR use, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015 Short Titles as Reported to Senate Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015 S Senate Short Titles as Passed Senate Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015 S Senate Engrossed in Senate 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1347es/xml/BILLS-114s1347es.xml Reported to Senate 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1347rs/xml/BILLS-114s1347rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1347is/xml/BILLS-114s1347is.xml 2015-09-08 Held at the desk. 20:29:21 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.