S. 1347 · 114th Congress
Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015
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Passed the Senate without a recorded vote, then expired. It passed by voice vote or unanimous consent, which don't record how each member voted, but didn't become law before the 114th Congress ended.
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IsaksonSponsor5 cosponsors · 2 D, 3 R
1 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
- Senate Introduced May 14, 2015
- Senate Passed Aug 5, 2015
What it does: CRS summary · Passed Senate amended · Aug 5, 2015
(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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015
Latest action (Sep 8, 2015): Held at the desk.
Policy area: Health · Origin: Senate · Introduced: May 14, 2015
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
- Senate Introduced May 14, 2015
- Senate Passed Aug 5, 2015
No recorded floor vote found.