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Draft of major health IT bill unveiled in House

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Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and its health subcommittee have released a draft of a major health information technology bill that has several parallels to the Wired for Health Care Quality bill pending in the Senate.

The House bill’s backers are the full committee's chairman, Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.); ranking Republican, Rep Joe Barton of Texas; subcommittee's chairman, Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.); and subcommittee’s ranking Republican, Rep. Nathan Deal of Georgia.

Most of the legislative action on health IT so far in this session of Congress has taken place in the Senate. A couple of health IT bills in the House have languished without a hearing.

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