,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #edha  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #af1 #bjad
 ,mrs4 ,ellmers 7for herself and ,mr4   
,matheson7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1 and
 in addition to the ,committee on ,ways 
and ,means1 for a period to be          
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to continue the use of a    
#c-month quarter ,,ehr reporting period 
for health care providers to demonstrate
 meaningful use for #bjae under the     
,medicare and ,medicaid ,,ehr incentive 
payment programs1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,continuing use of       
#c-month quarter ,,ehr reporting periods
 for professionals and hospitals to     
demonstrate meaningful use for #bjae    
under the ,medicare and ,medicaid ,,ehr 
incentive payment programs ,in          

specifying the ,,ehr reporting period   
under part #die of title #db1 ,code of  
,federal ,regulations1 for purposes of  
titles ,,xviii and ,,xix of the ,social 
,security ,act1 the ,secretary of       
,health and ,human ,services shall      
continue through #bjae 7in the case of  
eligible professionals7 and fiscal year 
#bjae 7in the case of eligible hospitals
 and critical access hospitals7 to      
permit the use of a #c-month quarter    
,,ehr reporting period to demonstrate   
meaningful use for purposes of such     
part1 without regard to the payment year
 or the stage of meaningful use criteria
 involved4