US Congress House Bill 986 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 10-4)
Status: Introduced on March 6 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-03-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Rural Health Clinic Fairness Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend Medicare: (1) electronic health record (EHR) incentives to eligible professionals practicing in rural health clinics, and (2) electronic prescribing (eRx) and quality reporting incentives to such clinics. Revises requirements for incentive payments to such professionals who are meaningful EHR users or who submit to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) satisfactory quality data reports. Directs the Secretary to reduce the applicable incentive payments that would otherwise be determined by a budget-neutral amount calculated according to a specified formula to ensure that estimated aggregate payments are not increased as a result of this Act.

Rural Health Clinic Fairness Act of 2013

Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL]	Rep. Dan Benishek [R-MI]	Rep. Diane Black [R-TN]	Rep. Bruce Braley [D-IA]
Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]	Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]	Rep. Bill Huizenga [R-MI]
Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]
Rep. David Valadao [R-CA]	Rep. Greg Walden [R-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-03-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2013-03-07	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2013-03-06	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2013-03-06	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2013-03-06	House	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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/986/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr986/BILLS-113hr986ih.pdf