114 HR 3940 IH: Meaningful Use Hardship Relief Act of 2015 U.S. House of Representatives 2015-11-05 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3940 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 5, 2015 Mr. Tom Price of Georgia (for himself, Mrs. Black, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Harris, Mr. Jenkins of West Virginia, and Mr. Heck of Nevada) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize a blanket meaningful use significant hardship exception for the 2015 reporting period due to the delay in timely publication of the Stage 2 meaningful use rule.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Meaningful Use Hardship Relief Act of 2015.

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Authorizing a blanket meaningful use significant hardship exception for 2015

Sections 1848(a)(7)(B) and 1886(b)(3)(B)(ix)(II) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–4(a)(7)(B), 1395ww(b)(3)(B)(ix)(II)) are each amended by inserting (or through a blanket exception with respect to the 2015 EHR reporting period) after on a case-by-case basis.