April 15, 2010 On April 15, 2010, the Health Information Technology Extension for Behavioral Health Services Act (H.R. 5040) was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by bill sponsors, Patrick J. Kennedy from Rhode Island, and Tim Murphy from Pennsylvania. The bill calls for designating behavioral health facilities?psychiatric hospitals, behavioral and mental health clinics, and substance abuse treatment facilities?where at least 10% of the patient populations receive medical assistance, as eligible to receive the financial incentives for using electronic health records (EHRs) described in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). H.R . . .

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Summary of H.R. 5040, the “HITECH Extension for Behavioral Health Services Act of 2010”

April 15, 2010 On April 15, 2010, the Health Information Technology Extension for Behavioral Health Services Act (H.R. 5040) was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by bill sponsors, Patrick J. Kennedy from Rhode Island, and Tim Murphy from Pennsylvania. The bill calls for designating behavioral health facilities?psychiatric hospitals, behavioral and mental health clinics, and substance abuse treatment facilities?where at least 10% of the patient populations receive medical assistance, as eligible to receive the financial incentives for using electronic health records (EHRs) described in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). H.R . . .

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