42 U.S.C. § 17903 — Study and reports
submitted 17 years ago by Pub. L. 111-5 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 480 words · no verdicts yet
HHS must report yearly to Congress on progress toward a nationwide health information exchange system. HHS must also study reimbursement incentives for health quality at community and rural clinics. HHS must study new aging services technology for seniors, people with disabilities, and their caregivers.
(a) Report on adoption of nationwide system. Starting no later than 2 years after February 17, 2009, and every year after that, the Secretary* of Health and Human Services must report to the relevant House and Senate committees. The report must: (1) describe specific actions the federal government and private groups have taken to help adopt a nationwide system for electronically using and exchanging health information; (2) describe barriers to adopting that system; and (3) recommend how to fully put that system in place.
(b) Reimbursement incentive study and report. (1) Study. The Secretary must carry out, or hire a private entity to carry out, a study on ways to create efficient reimbursement incentives for improving health care quality at federally qualified health centers, rural health clinics, and free clinics. (2) Report. Within 2 years after February 17, 2009, the Secretary must report the study's results to the relevant House and Senate committees.
(c) Aging services technology study and report. (1) In general. The Secretary must carry out, or hire a private entity to carry out, a study on how new aging services technology could help seniors, people with disabilities, and their caregivers throughout the aging process. (2) Matters to be studied. This study must include: (A) an evaluation of (i) ways to identify current, emerging, and future health technology that meets the needs of seniors and people with disabilities and their caregivers across aging-services settings, as the Secretary specifies; (ii) ways to encourage scientific innovation in aging services technology in business and academia; and (iii) developments in aging services technology in other countries that could work in the United States; and (B) identifying (i) barriers to innovation in aging services technology, and strategies to remove them, and (ii) barriers to health providers and consumers adopting aging services technology, and strategies to remove them. (3) Report. Within 24 months after February 17, 2009, the Secretary must report the study's results to the relevant House and Senate committees. (4) Definitions. (A) "Aging services technology" means health technology that meets the health care needs of seniors, people with disabilities, and their caregivers. (B) "Senior" has whatever meaning the Secretary specifies.
Not later than 2 years after February 17, 2009, and annually thereafter, the Secretary* of Health and Human Services shall submit to the appropriate committees of jurisdiction of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report that—
describes the specific actions that have been taken by the Federal Government and private entities to facilitate the adoption of a nationwide system for the electronic use and exchange of health information;
describes barriers to the adoption of such a nationwide system; and
contains recommendations to achieve full implementation of such a nationwide system.
The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall carry out, or contract with a private entity to carry out, a study that examines methods to create efficient reimbursement incentives for improving health care quality in Federally qualified health centers, rural health clinics, and free clinics.
Not later than 2 years after February 17, 2009, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to the appropriate committees of jurisdiction of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the study carried out under paragraph (1).
The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall carry out, or contract with a private entity to carry out, a study of matters relating to the potential use of new aging services technology to assist seniors, individuals with disabilities, and their caregivers throughout the aging process.
The study under paragraph (1) shall include—
an evaluation of—
methods for identifying current, emerging, and future health technology that can be used to meet the needs of seniors and individuals with disabilities and their caregivers across all aging services settings, as specified by the Secretary;
methods for fostering scientific innovation with respect to aging services technology within the business and academic communities; and
developments in aging services technology in other countries that may be applied in the United States; and
identification of—
barriers to innovation in aging services technology and devising strategies for removing such barriers; and
barriers to the adoption of aging services technology by health care providers and consumers and devising strategies to removing such barriers.
Not later than 24 months after February 17, 2009, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of jurisdiction of the House of Representatives and of the Senate a report on the study carried out under paragraph (1).
For purposes of this subsection:
The term “aging services technology” means health technology that meets the health care needs of seniors, individuals with disabilities, and the caregivers of such seniors and individuals.
The term “senior” has such meaning as specified by the Secretary.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 111–5, div. A, title XIII, § 13113, Feb. 17, 2009, 123 Stat. 243.)
- 2009Enacted · Pub. L. 111-5 · 123 Stat. 243
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