National Health Information Incentive Act of 2007

To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to achieve a national health information infrastructure, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the deduction under section 179 for the purchase of qualified health care information technology by medical care providers.

4/19/2007--Introduced.
National Health Information Incentive Act of 2007 - Establishes within the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services an Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. Amends title XI of the Social Security Act to add a new part D (Building the National Health Information Infrastructure). Directs the Secretary to make additional Medicare payment incentives to assure that small medical 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. Provides for optional financial incentives to small health care providers and entities to implement such an infrastructure. Authorizes the Secretary to:
(1) make grants to small medical care providers for the purpose of assisting them to acquire and adopt patient registries, evidence-based clinical decision support tools at the point of care, electronic health records, secure e-mail, and other health information technologies defined by the Secretary as a key component of a national health care information infrastructure; and
(2) make and guarantee loans to assist small medical care providers to acquire and adopt such things. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat qualified health care information technology as a depreciable asset for which a deduction from taxable income is allowable for the taxable year in which it is placed in service.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D, TX-20]
• and 18 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Rodney Alexander [R, LA-5]
  • Rep. John Barrow [D, GA-12]
  • Rep. Dan Boren [D, OK-2]
  • Rep. Dan Burton [R, IN-5]
  • Rep. André Carson [D, IN-7]
  • Rep. Henry Cuellar [D, TX-28]
  • Rep. Jim Gerlach [R, PA-6]
  • Rep. John Gingrey [R, GA-11]
  • Rep. Raymond Green [D, TX-29]
  • Rep. Mazie Hirono [D, HI-2]
  • Rep. Bobby Jindal [R, LA-1]
  • Rep. Henry Johnson [D, GA-4]
  • Rep. John Kuhl [R, NY-29]
  • Rep. Nicholas Lampson [D, TX-22]
  • Rep. Thomas Latham [R, IA-4]
  • Rep. James Marshall [D, GA-8]
  • Rep. Donald Payne [D, NJ-10]
  • Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D, NY-12]
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Committees

• House Energy and Commerce
• 3 more
  • House Energy and Commerce
  • House Ways and Means
  • House Ways and Means
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

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April 19, 2007

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• Apr 25, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
• Apr 20, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
• Apr 19, 2007: Referred to House Ways and Means
• Apr 19, 2007: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
• Apr 19, 2007: 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.
• Introduced on Apr 19, 2007.

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April 20, 2007 House bill targets high cost of healthcare IT adoption

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June 13, 2008 Gingrey Honored for Work in Health Information Technology

Gonzalez (D-TX) to co-author the bi-partisan, HR 1952, the National Health Information Incentive Act of 2007. Health IT Week allows public and private sector organizations with diverse perspectives on health care to gather in Washington ...

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June 13, 2008 Gingrey Honored for Work in Health Information Technology

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