Meaningful Use Hardship Relief Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3940
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Price, Tom [R-GA-6]
Introduced: 2015-11-05
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health information and medical records

Health personnel

Hospital care

Medicare

Rural conditions and development
Latest action: action_date: 2015-11-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-11-05
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Meaningful Use Hardship Relief Act of 2015</strong></p> <p>This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to create a blanket exception for providers&nbsp;from the application of certain negative payment adjustments for failing to comply, during the 2015 reporting period,&nbsp;with requirements&nbsp;related to the&nbsp;meaningful use of electronic health records. Under current law, providers may be exempted due to significant hardship on a case-by-case basis.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3940 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 5, 2015 Mr. Tom Price of Georgia (for himself, Mrs. Black , Mrs. Blackburn , Mr. Roe of Tennessee , Mr. Harris , Mr. Jenkins of West Virginia , and Mr. Heck of Nevada ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means , and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce , 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 A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize a blanket meaningful use significant hardship exception for the 2015 reporting period due to the delay in timely publication of the Stage 2 meaningful use rule.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Meaningful Use Hardship Relief Act of 2015 . 2. Authorizing a blanket meaningful use significant hardship exception for 2015 Sections 1848(a)(7)(B) and 1886(b)(3)(B)(ix)(II) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395w–4(a)(7)(B) , 1395ww(b)(3)(B)(ix)(II)) are each amended by inserting (or through a blanket exception with respect to the 2015 EHR reporting period) after on a case-by-case basis .