To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce the volume of future electronic health record-related significant hardship requests.

Bill: 115-hr-3120
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2017-06-29
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health information and medical records

Health personnel

Medicare
Latest action: action_date: 2017-12-06
text: Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-445, Part I.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-06-29
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal the requirement for the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services to, over time,&nbsp;require more stringent measures for the meaningful use of electronic health records by providers.</p>

action_date: 2017-12-06
action_desc: Reported to House without amendment, Part I
text: <p>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)</p> <p>(Sec. 1) This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal the requirement for the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services to, over time,&nbsp;require more stringent measures for the meaningful use of electronic health records by providers.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3120 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 29, 2017 Mr. Burgess (for himself, Mrs. Dingell , Mr. Tiberi , and Mr. Thompson of California ) 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 reduce the volume of future electronic health record-related significant hardship requests.

1. Reducing the volume of future EHR-related significant hardship requests Section 1848(o)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395w–4(o)(2)(A) ) and section 1886(n)(3)(A) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(n)(3)(A) ) are each amended in the last sentence by striking by requiring and all that follows through this paragraph .