2007 Health Information Technology Crosswalk: Senate Legislation
		Stabenow                (S. 1408)	Stabenow-Snowe-Whitehouse              (S. Res. 202)	Conrad                     (S. Con. Res. 21)	Whitehouse              (S. 1455)	Kennedy-Enzi-  Clinton-Hatch                       (S. 1693)	Leahy-Kennedy       (S. 1814)
	Official Title	Health Information Technology Act of 2007	National Health IT Week	FY08 Budget Resolution and HIT Fund	National Health Information Technology and Privacy Advancement Act of 2007	Wired for Health Care Quality Act	Health Information Privacy and Security Act
	HIMSS Endorsed	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Co-sponsors	1	2	0	2	9	1
	Status	Referred to Finance Committee	Submitted in the Senate, Considered, and Agreed to	Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 40.	Referred to Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions	Referred to Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions	Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
	Codifies ONCHIT	No	No	No	No**	Yes, with Sunset	No
	Promotes Standards Adoption	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Proposes Advisory Body	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Promotes Interoperability	Yes, standards developed within two years of enactment	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
	New Funding	No	No	Yes	Not Specifically	Not Specifically	Yes
	Loan Guarantees	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
	Grants	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
	Matching Requirements	No	No	No	No	Yes, $1 Non-Federal for $3 Federal	No
	Safe Harbor	No	No	No	No	No	No
	CCHIT	No	No	No	No	No	No
	Privacy & Security Requirements	Does not affect applicability of HIPAA, Title XI of the Social Security Act, or any other previously standing regulations	None	None	Establishes National Corporation for Health Information Technology and Privacy which includes a Chief Privacy Officer to develop new privacy and security standards	Creates a nonprofit national health information technology and privacy corporation, headed by its board and a Chief Privacy Officer, to ensure that the use of technologies by the corporation sustain, and do not erode, privacy protections relating to the use, collection, and disclosure of personal information	Creates the Office of Health information Privacy within HHS to protect the right of privacy of personal health information with the power to set privacy standards and penalize entities who compromise identifiable health information
	Other Key Attributes	­Uses funds from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund to establish grants for the purpose of assistance in offsetting costs incurred related to clinical health care informatics systems and services                 ­20% of funds reserved for Entities in Health Professional Shortage Areas or Rural Areas ­Adjusted Medicare Payments	­A resolution designating the period beginning on May 14, 2007, and ending on May 18, 2007, as "National Health Information Technology Week"	­Authorizes Senate to pass legislation that provides incentives or other support for the adoption of modern information technology to improve quality and protect privacy ­Encourages integration of health information technology tools into the practice of medicine	­Congress declares that it is not the policy of this Act to preclude the private development of health information technologies	­Establishes the American Health Information Community to create and maintain a nationwide interoperable health information technology infrastructure            ­Standards implementations are voluntary for private entities, except those entering in contract with the Federal govt and only for activities related to that contract                   ­Three private entities will be contracted to store and report health data	­Creates incentives to turn protected health information into de-identified health information where appropriate                      ­Imposes fines for violations of privacy or security standards that compromises individual health information    ­Grants available to help inform and advise individuals with limited English language proficiency and limited health literacy