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HB 312 SHHR; increase sharing of electronic health records, report.
Introduced by: Robert D. Orrock, Sr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Secretary of Health and Human Resources; increase sharing of electronic health records; report. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to work with stakeholders, which shall include representatives of hospitals and other health care providers in the Commonwealth, to (i) evaluate interoperability of electronic health records systems among health systems and health care providers and the ability of health systems and health care providers to share patient records in electronic format and (ii) develop recommendations for improving the ability of health systems and health care providers to share electronic health records with the goal of ensuring that all health care providers in the Commonwealth are able to share electronic health information to reduce the cost of health care and improve the efficiency of health care services. The Secretary shall report his findings and recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by December 1, 2016. The bill contains an emergency clause.
FULL TEXT
- 01/05/16 House: Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/16 16100996D pdf | impact statement
- 01/21/16 House: Committee substitute printed 16104617D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/24/16 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB312ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/01/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0080) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/05/16 House: Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/16 16100996D
- 01/05/16 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/21/16 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/21/16 House: Committee substitute printed 16104617D-H1
- 01/25/16 House: Read first time
- 01/26/16 House: Read second time
- 01/26/16 House: Committee substitute agreed to 16104617D-H1
- 01/26/16 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB312H1
- 01/27/16 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/16 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/28/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/15/16 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health
- 02/18/16 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/16 Senate: Read third time
- 02/22/16 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/16 House: Enrolled
- 02/24/16 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB312ER)
- 02/24/16 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/25/16 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/25/16 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/25/16
- 02/25/16 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 3, 2016
- 03/01/16 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 80 (effective 3/1/16)
- 03/01/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0080)