HR 3226 United States House · 117th Congress

Accurate Reporting of Smoking Variants Act of 2021

Summary
Accurate Reporting of Smoking Variants Act of 2021 This bill requires the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to include, in the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan, relevant strategies to capture in electronic health records an individual's use of electronic cigarettes, vaping devices, or other smoking variants in the same manner as the use of traditional tobacco products is captured in such records. Currently, the collection of information about a patient's smoking status with respect to cigarettes or other traditional tobacco products is one of the measures used to determine meaningful use of electronic health records by health care providers.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2021
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Introduced May 13, 2021 Last action May 14, 2021
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May 14, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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May 13, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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May 13, 2021
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Introduced in House
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1 primary · 7 co-sponsors

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