H.R.5480: Medicare Funding Warning Response Act of 2008

About This Bill

  • This bill was introduced in the 110th Congress
  • This bill is primarily about law
  • Introduced Feb. 25, 2008
  • Latest Major Action Feb. 29, 2008

Bill Summary

Medicare Funding Warning Response Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) develop and implement a system for encouraging nationwide adoption and use of interoperable electronic health records and to make available personal health records for Medicare beneficiaries; (2) develop and implement a plan for ensuring that, by the year 2013, quality measures are available and reported with respect to at least 50% of...

(Source: Library of Congress)

Congressional Budget Office Estimate

The Congressional Budget Office has produced a cost estimate for H.R.5480.

Bill Actions

Date Description
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, 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.
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to House Judiciary
Referred to House Ways and Means
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb. 25, 2008

Introduced in the House by Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.)

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