US Congress Senate Bill 1602 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: Introduced on June 17 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-06-17 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Puerto Rico Hospital HITECH Amendments Act of 2015 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to apply Medicare HITECH (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act) payments to subsection (d) hospitals in Puerto Rico to allow them to qualify for incentives for adoption and meaningful use of certified electronic health record Technology. (Generally, a subsection [d] hospital is an acute care hospital, particularly one that receives payments under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system when providing covered inpatient services to eligible beneficiaries.)

Puerto Rico Hospital HITECH Amendments Act of 2015

Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]

Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]

Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]

Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-06-17	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

HB2635 (Related) 2015-06-05 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
HB1225 (Same As) 2015-03-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
SB1961 (Related) 2015-08-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB2029 (Related) 2015-12-18 - Became Public Law No: 114-113. (TXT | PDF)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/1602/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s1602/BILLS-114s1602is.pdf