Original Publication of what would become Health Train Express Inland Empire Regional Health Information Organization: Two Important Legislative Actions (Federal)

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Two Important Legislative Actions (Federal)

House Subcommittee Passes Amended Health IT Bill

June 09, 2006


The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health on Thursday approved by voice vote a bill (HR 4157) that would promote the use of health care IT, CQ Today reports (Schuler, CQ Today, 6/8).

The legislation, sponsored by Reps. Nancy Johnson (R-Conn.) and Nathan Deal (R-Ga.), would codify the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT within HHS and would establish a committee to make recommendations on national standards for medical data storage and develop a permanent structure to govern national interoperability standards. The bill also would clarify that current medical privacy laws apply to data stored or transmitted electronically (iHealthBeat, 6/8).

Prior to approval, the subcommittee approved a substitute amendment sponsored by Deal that removed two provisions from the legislation. The provisions would have increased the number of diagnosis and procedure codes from 24,000 to more than 200,000 and would have allowed federal medical privacy laws to pre-empt state laws (CQ Today, 6/8).

The subcommittee also approved an amendment sponsored by Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) that would require a study on the effect of the bill on the health care system (Povich, CongressDaily, 6/9).

The full committee plans to mark up the legislation on June 13, Deal said (CQ Today, 6/8).







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Inland Empire Regional Health Information Organization: Two Important Legislative Actions (Federal)