[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2126 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2126

 To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from replacing 
    ICD-9 with ICD-10 in implementing the HIPAA code set standards.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 30, 2015

 Mr. Poe of Texas (for himself, Mr. Farenthold, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, 
Mr. Brooks of Alabama, Mr. Griffith, Mr. Tom Price of Georgia, and Mr. 
Roe of Tennessee) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee 
 on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from replacing 
    ICD-9 with ICD-10 in implementing the HIPAA code set standards.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Cutting Costly Codes Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING REPLACEMENT OF ICD-9 WITH ICD-10 IN IMPLEMENTING 
              HIPAA CODE SET STANDARDS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services may not 
implement, administer, or enforce the regulations issued on January 16, 
2009 (74 Fed. Reg. 3328), the regulation issued on September 5, 2012 
(77 Fed. Reg. 54664), or any similar regulation, insofar as any such 
regulation provides for the replacement of ICD-9 with ICD-10 as a 
standard for code sets under section 1173(c) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1320d-2(c)) and section 162.1002 of title 45, Code of 
Federal Regulations.
    (b) GAO Report on ICD-9 Replacement.--
            (1) Study.--The Comptroller General of the United States, 
        in consultation with stakeholders in the medical community, 
        shall conduct a study to identify steps that can be taken to 
        mitigate the disruption on health care providers resulting from 
        a replacement of ICD-9 as such a standard.
            (2) Report.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to 
        each House of Congress a report on such study. Such report 
        shall include such recommendations respecting such replacement 
        and such legislative and administrative steps as may be 
        appropriate to mitigate the disruption resulting from such 
        replacement as the Comptroller General determines appropriate.
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