HR 4157 Ways and Means status

The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health on Wednesday voted 8-5 to approve a bill (HR 4157) that would promote the use of health care IT and establish national standards on privacy and implementation of electronic health records, CQ Today reports. The legislation, sponsored by subcommittee Chair Nancy Johnson (R-Conn.) and Rep. 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.

• Follow this link for the Thomas record of this legislative proposal
• Follow this link for HR 4157 (Johnson Bill)