21st Century Health Information Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2234
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Tim [R-PA-18]
Introduced: 2005-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accreditation (Medical care)
Administrative procedure
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Communication in medicine
Communication in science
Computer networks
Computer security measures
Computer software
Computers
Conflict of interests
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer education
Data banks
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic data interchange
Equipment and supplies
Federal aid to health facilities
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Government paperwork
Group medical practice
Health information systems
Information technology
Law
Liability (Law)
Medicaid
Medical ethics
Medical fees
Medical records
Medical research
Medical technology
Medicare
Minorities
Physicians
Quality of care
Regional planning
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: 
21st Century Health Information Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to regional health information organizations to develop and implement regional health information technology plans.
 
Requires the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to establish and maintain a national technical assistance center to provide assistance to physicians to facilitate adoption of health information technologies and participation in such regional plans.
 
Requires the Secretary to establish a program of accrediting health information networks.
 
Requires the Comptroller General to report to Congress on the progress of regional health information organizations in realizing the purposes of this Act.
 
Prohibits federal funds available under this Act from being used for the purchase of a health information technology product unless such product has been certified as incorporating interoperability data standards and compliance criteria.
 
Allows the Secretary to make loans to any accredited regional health information organization to finance investments in network infrastructure and technology acquisition, training, and workflow engineering for physicians.
 
Amends the Social Security Act to exclude the provision of equipment or services for the development of such a regional plan from illegal remuneration provisions and limitations on physician compensation arrangements.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish a methodology for making adjustments in Medicare payments to providers participating in an accredited network; and (2) make matching Medicaid payments to states for the development and implementation of a regional plan under certain circumstances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9643-9644)
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-05-10
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: 2005-05-10
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: 2005-05-10
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: 2005-05-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3265)
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Introduced in House