National Health Information Incentive Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-747
Sponsor: Rep. Gonzalez, Charles A. [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2005-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Case management
Chronically ill
Commerce
Communication in medicine
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic data interchange
Executive Office of the President
Executive reorganization
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal preemption
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Health information systems
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Information technology
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Law
Medical fees
Medical records
Medicare
Physicians
Presidential appointments
Quality of care
Revolving funds
Rural health
Science, Technology, Communications
Small business
Social Welfare
Standards
State laws
Tax credits
Tax refunds
Taxation
Technology assessment

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: 
National Health Information Incentive Act of 2005 - Establishes within the executive office of the President an Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
 
Amends title XI of the Social Security Act to add a new part D (Standards for Building The National Health Information Infrastructure) to direct the Secretary to develop or adopt standards for transactions and data elements for such transactions to enable the creation of a national health care information infrastructure.
 
Requires the Secretary to include additional Medicare payment incentives to assure small health care providers have the capability to move toward a national health care information infrastructure by acquiring electronic health record systems and other health information technologies that meet such standards.
 
Provides for optional financial incentives to small health care providers and entities to implement a national health information infrastructure. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) make grants to small health care providers and entities for expenditures relating to the implementation of a national health information infrastructure; and (2) make and guarantee loans to small health care providers for the purpose of assisting them to implement, design, test, acquire, and adopt electronic health records and other health information technologies. 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for a refundable credit for a portion of the expenses of for establishing a health care information technology system (infrastructure).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: 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.
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: 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.
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: 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.
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Introduced in House