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[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2652 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2652

 To provide a 2-year grace period for physicians and other health care 
      providers in transitioning from the use of ICD-9 to ICD-10.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 4, 2015

   Mr. Palmer (for himself, Mr. Tom Price of Georgia, Mr. Babin, Mr. 
 Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Westerman, Mr. Salmon, Mr. Buck, 
   Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Brooks of Alabama, Mrs. Love, Mr. 
 Aderholt, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Lamborn, Mrs. Hartzler, Mr. Griffith, Mr. 
  Ratcliffe, Mr. Zinke, Mrs. Lummis, Mr. Bridenstine, Mr. Walker, Mr. 
 Franks of Arizona, Mr. Bishop of Michigan, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Ms. 
Herrera Beutler, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, Mr. Blum, Mr. Stutzman, 
Mr. Rice of South Carolina, Mr. Byrne, Mr. Loudermilk, Mr. Barton, and 
Mr. Boustany) 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 provide a 2-year grace period for physicians and other health care 
      providers in transitioning from the use of ICD-9 to ICD-10.

    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 ``Protecting Patients and Physicians 
Against Coding Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. 2-YEAR GRACE PERIOD IN TRANSITIONING FROM THE USE OF ICD-9 TO 
              ICD-10.

    (a) In General.--In carrying out regulations providing 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, the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall provide for a 2-year grace 
period during which physicians and other health care providers 
submitting claims and other documents using ICD-10 are not penalized 
for errors, mistakes, and malfunctions relating to the transition to 
such code set.
    (b) Assistance.--During the 2-year grace period described in 
subsection (a), the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall take 
affirmative steps to assist physicians and other health care providers 
who are subject to the requirement to use ICD-10 as a standard for code 
sets in identifying appropriate ICD-10 subcodes.
    (c) GAO Study and Report.--
            (1) Study.--The Comptroller General of the United States 
        shall conduct a study on--
                    (A) the extent to which the transition to ICD-10 
                code sets has affected--
                            (i) physicians and other health care 
                        providers in general; and
                            (ii) physicians and other health care 
                        providers in rural areas; and
                    (B) the effectiveness of programs conducted by the 
                Secretary of Health and Human Services that are 
                designed to support physicians and other health care 
                providers referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) of 
                subparagraph (A).
            (2) Report.--Not later than April 1, 2016, the Comptroller 
        General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report 
        on the study conducted under paragraph (1), together with 
        recommendations for such legislation and administrative action 
        as the Comptroller General determines to be appropriate.
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