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H.R. 2406 (110th)

Healthcare Information Technology Enterprise Integration Act

openUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

21 May 2007

Last action

15 November 2007 · Reported

Status

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 277.

Sponsors

Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6], Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11], Daniel Lipinski, Rep. Carnahan, Russ [D-MO-3], Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1], Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-4], Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large], Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9], Rep. Chandler, Ben [D-KY-6], Rep. Wilson, Charles A. [D-OH-6], Rep. Costello, Jerry F. [D-IL-21], Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5], EDDIE JOHNSON, Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37], Rep. Hill, Baron P. [D-IN-9], Jerry McNerney, Rep. Mitchell, Harry E. [D-AZ-5], Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6], Rep. Giffords, Gabrielle [D-AZ-8], Rep. Miller, Brad [D-NC-13], Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9], Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-22], Rep. Baird, Brian [D-WA-3], Rep. Ross, Mike [D-AR-4], Rep. Kanjorski, Paul E. [D-PA-11], Rep. Melancon, Charlie [D-LA-3], Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-11], Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO], Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7]

Subjects

Healthcare, Transport, Education

Source updated

7 April 2025

Healthcare · Transport · Education

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Summary

Requires the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to establish an initiative for advancing health care information enterprise integration within the United States. Allows the Director to assist health care representatives and organizations and federal agencies in the development of technical roadmaps that identify the remaining steps needed to ensure that standards will be in place. Requires the Director to develop or adopting existing technology-neutral information technology infrastructure guidelines and standards to enable federal agencies to effectively select and utilize health care information technologies in a manner that is: (1) sufficiently secure and provides adequate privacy to meet needs; and (2) interoperable, to the maximum extent possible. Requires the Undersecretary of Commerce for Technology to establish a Senior Interagency Council on Federal Healthcare Information Technology Infrastructure to coordinate: (1) the development and deployment of health care information technology solutions; (2) the associated technology transfer to and from the private sector; and (3) federal funding and participation in private, voluntary standards development organizations as related to electronic health care records system. Requires the Director to establish a program of assistance to institutions of higher education to establish multidisciplinary Centers for Healthcare Information Enterprise Integration in order to: (1) generate innovative approaches to health care information enterprise integration; and (2) develop and use information technologies and other complementary fields. Directs the National High-Performance Computing Program to coordinate federal research and development programs related to the development and deployment of health information technology.

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Timeline

  1. 21 May 2007

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 21 May 2007

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 21 May 2007

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 26 September 2007

    Committee

    Committee Hearings Held.

    Source: Committee

  5. 24 October 2007

    Reported

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

    Source: Committee

  6. 24 October 2007

    Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Source: Committee

  7. 15 November 2007

    Calendars

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 277.

    Source: Calendars

  8. 15 November 2007

    Reported

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science and Technology. H. Rept. 110-451.

    Source: Committee

  9. 15 November 2007

    Reported

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science and Technology. H. Rept. 110-451.

    Source: Committee

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