HITECH Act

Pub. L. 111–5

Also known as: Jobs Accountability Act, Employ American Workers Act, TAA Health Coverage Improvement Act of 2009, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009, Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act of 2009, Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act, Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act

US Codex doesn’t hold the enacted text of this law — the public-law corpus runs from the 113th Congress (2013) onward. What it changed in the U.S. Code, reconstructed from the credit notes, is listed below.

283 sections of the Code credited to this law, found between Public Law 110-460 and Public Law 111-137.

• 12 U.S.C. § 5217 — Contracting procedures
• 12 U.S.C. § 5219 — Foreclosure mitigation efforts
• 12 U.S.C. § 5221 — Executive compensation and corporate governance
• 15 U.S.C. § 683 — Borrowing operations
• 15 U.S.C. § 686 — Aggregate limitations on amount of assistance to any single enterprise
• 15 U.S.C. § 694a — Definitions
• 15 U.S.C. § 694b — Surety bond guarantees
• 15 U.S.C. § 695 — State development companies
• 15 U.S.C. § 696 — Loans for plant acquisition, construction, conversion and expansion
• 16 U.S.C. § 2621 — Consideration and determination respecting certain ratemaking standards
• 16 U.S.C. § 2622 — Obligations to consider and determine
• 19 U.S.C. § 2271 — Petitions
• 19 U.S.C. § 2272 — Group eligibility requirements; agricultural workers; oil and natural gas industry
• 19 U.S.C. § 2273 — Determinations by Secretary of Labor
• 19 U.S.C. § 2274 — Study and notifications regarding certain affirmative determinations; industry notification of assistance
• 19 U.S.C. § 2275 — Benefit information for workers
• 19 U.S.C. § 2291 — Qualifying requirements for workers
• 19 U.S.C. § 2292 — Weekly amounts of readjustment allowance
• 19 U.S.C. § 2293 — Limitations on trade readjustment allowances
• 19 U.S.C. § 2294 — Application of State laws
• 19 U.S.C. § 2295 — Employment and case management services
• 19 U.S.C. § 2295a — Funding for administrative expenses and employment and case management services
• 19 U.S.C. § 2296 — Training
• 19 U.S.C. § 2297 — Job search allowances
• 19 U.S.C. § 2298 — Relocation allowances
• 19 U.S.C. § 2311 — Agreements with States
• 19 U.S.C. § 2315 — Fraud and recovery of overpayments
• 19 U.S.C. § 2316 — Penalties
• 19 U.S.C. § 2317 — Authorization of appropriations
• 19 U.S.C. § 2318 — Reemployment trade adjustment assistance program
• 19 U.S.C. § 2319 — Definitions
• 19 U.S.C. § 2320 — Regulations
• 19 U.S.C. § 2321 — Subpoena power
• 19 U.S.C. § 2322 — Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance
• 19 U.S.C. § 2323 — Collection and publication of data and reports; information to workers
• 19 U.S.C. § 2341 — Petitions and determinations
• 19 U.S.C. § 2343 — Technical assistance
• 19 U.S.C. § 2344 — Oversight and administration
• 19 U.S.C. § 2345 — Authorization of appropriations
• 19 U.S.C. § 2348 — Protective provisions
• 19 U.S.C. § 2349 — Penalties
• 19 U.S.C. § 2350 — Civil actions
• 19 U.S.C. § 2351 — “Firm” defined
• 19 U.S.C. § 2352 — Regulations
• 19 U.S.C. § 2354 — Study by Secretary of Commerce when International Trade Commission begins investigation
• 19 U.S.C. § 2355 — Assistance to industry; authorization of appropriations
• 19 U.S.C. § 2356 — Annual report on trade adjustment assistance for firms
• 19 U.S.C. § 2371 — Definitions
• 19 U.S.C. § 2371a — Establishment of trade adjustment assistance for communities program
• 19 U.S.C. § 2371b — Eligibility; notification
• 19 U.S.C. § 2371c — Technical assistance
• 19 U.S.C. § 2371d — Grants for eligible communities
• 19 U.S.C. § 2371e — Strategic plans
• 19 U.S.C. § 2371f — General provisions
• 19 U.S.C. § 2372 — Community College and Career Training Grant Program
• 19 U.S.C. § 2372a — Authorization of appropriations
• 19 U.S.C. § 2373 — Industry or Sector Partnership Grant program for communities impacted by trade
• 19 U.S.C. § 2373a — Authorization of appropriations
• 19 U.S.C. § 2374 — Rule of construction
• 19 U.S.C. § 2393 — Trade monitoring and data collection
• 19 U.S.C. § 2395 — Judicial review
• 19 U.S.C. § 2397a — Sense of Congress
• 19 U.S.C. § 2401 — Definitions
• 19 U.S.C. § 2401a — Petitions; group eligibility
• 19 U.S.C. § 2401b — Determinations by Secretary of Agriculture
• 19 U.S.C. § 2401e — Qualifying requirements and benefits for agricultural commodity producers
• 19 U.S.C. § 2401f — Fraud and recovery of overpayments
• 19 U.S.C. § 2401g — Authorization of appropriations
• 19 U.S.C. § 2497 — Supplemental agricultural disaster assistance
• 20 U.S.C. § 1070a — Federal Pell Grants: amount and determinations; applications
• 26 U.S.C. § 24 — Child tax credit
• 26 U.S.C. § 25 — Interest on certain home mortgages
• 26 U.S.C. § 25A — Hope and Lifetime Learning credits
• 26 U.S.C. § 25B — Elective deferrals and IRA contributions by certain individuals
• 26 U.S.C. § 25C — Nonbusiness energy property
• 26 U.S.C. § 25D — Residential energy efficient property
• 26 U.S.C. § 26 — Limitation based on tax liability; definition of tax liability
• 26 U.S.C. § 30 — Certain plug-in electric vehicles
• 26 U.S.C. § 30B — Alternative motor vehicle credit
• 26 U.S.C. § 30C — Alternative fuel vehicle refueling property credit
• 26 U.S.C. § 30D — New qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles
• 26 U.S.C. § 32 — Earned income
• 26 U.S.C. § 35 — Health insurance costs of eligible individuals
• 26 U.S.C. § 36 — First-time homebuyer credit
• 26 U.S.C. § 36A — Making work pay credit
• 26 U.S.C. § 38 — General business credit
• 26 U.S.C. § 42 — Low-income housing credit
• 26 U.S.C. § 45 — Electricity produced from certain renewable resources, etc.
• 26 U.S.C. § 45D — New markets tax credit
• 26 U.S.C. § 45Q — Credit for carbon dioxide sequestration
• 26 U.S.C. § 46 — Amount of credit
• 26 U.S.C. § 48 — Energy credit
• 26 U.S.C. § 48A — Qualifying advanced coal project credit
• 26 U.S.C. § 48B — Qualifying gasification project credit
• 26 U.S.C. § 48C — Qualifying advanced energy project credit
• 26 U.S.C. § 49 — At-risk rules
• 26 U.S.C. § 51 — Amount of credit
• 26 U.S.C. § 53 — Credit for prior year minimum tax liability
• 26 U.S.C. § 54 — Credit to holders of clean renewable energy bonds
• 26 U.S.C. § 54A — Credit to holders of qualified tax credit bonds
• 26 U.S.C. § 54C — New clean renewable energy bonds
• 26 U.S.C. § 54D — Qualified energy conservation bonds
• 26 U.S.C. § 54E — Qualified zone academy bonds
• 26 U.S.C. § 54F — Qualified school construction bonds
• 26 U.S.C. § 54AA — Build America bonds
• 26 U.S.C. § 55 — Alternative minimum tax imposed
• 26 U.S.C. § 56 — Adjustments in computing alternative minimum taxable income
• 26 U.S.C. § 57 — Items of tax preference
• 26 U.S.C. § 63 — Taxable income defined
• 26 U.S.C. § 85 — Unemployment compensation
• 26 U.S.C. § 108 — Income from discharge of indebtedness
• 26 U.S.C. § 132 — Certain fringe benefits
• 26 U.S.C. § 139C — COBRA premium assistance
• 26 U.S.C. § 142 — Exempt facility bond
• 26 U.S.C. § 144 — Qualified small issue bond; qualified student loan bond; qualified redevelopment bond
• 26 U.S.C. § 163 — Interest
• 26 U.S.C. § 164 — Taxes
• 26 U.S.C. § 168 — Accelerated cost recovery system
• 26 U.S.C. § 172 — Net operating loss deduction
• 26 U.S.C. § 179 — Election to expense certain depreciable business assets
• 26 U.S.C. § 265 — Expenses and interest relating to tax-exempt income
• 26 U.S.C. § 291 — Special rules relating to corporate preference items
• 26 U.S.C. § 382 — Limitation on net operating loss carryforwards and certain built-in losses following ownership change
• 26 U.S.C. § 529 — Qualified tuition programs
• 26 U.S.C. § 853A — Credits from tax credit bonds allowed to shareholders
• 26 U.S.C. § 904 — Limitation on credit
• 26 U.S.C. § 1016 — Adjustments to basis
• 26 U.S.C. § 1202 — Partial exclusion for gain from certain small business stock
• 26 U.S.C. § 1374 — Tax imposed on certain built-in gains
• 26 U.S.C. § 1397E — Credit to holders of qualified zone academy bonds
• 26 U.S.C. § 1400C — First-time homebuyer credit for District of Columbia
• 26 U.S.C. § 1400N — Tax benefits for Gulf Opportunity Zone
• 26 U.S.C. § 1400U-1 — 1400U–1. Allocation of recovery zone bonds
• 26 U.S.C. § 1400U-2 — 1400U–2. Recovery zone economic development bonds
• 26 U.S.C. § 1400U-3 — 1400U–3. Recovery zone facility bonds
• 26 U.S.C. § 4980B — Failure to satisfy continuation coverage requirements of group health plans
• 26 U.S.C. § 6211 — Definition of a deficiency
• 26 U.S.C. § 6213 — Restrictions applicable to deficiencies; petition to Tax Court
• 26 U.S.C. § 6401 — Amounts treated as overpayments
• 26 U.S.C. § 6431 — Credit for qualified bonds allowed to issuer
• 26 U.S.C. § 6432 — COBRA premium assistance
• 26 U.S.C. § 6501 — Limitations on assessment and collection
• 26 U.S.C. § 6654 — Failure by individual to pay estimated income tax
• 26 U.S.C. § 6720C — Penalty for failure to notify health plan of cessation of eligibility for COBRA premium assistance
• 26 U.S.C. § 7527 — Advance payment of credit for health insurance costs of eligible individuals
• 26 U.S.C. § 7871 — Indian tribal governments treated as States for certain purposes
• 26 U.S.C. § 9801 — Increased portability through limitation on preexisting condition exclusions
• 28 U.S.C. § 1581 — Civil actions against the United States and agencies and officers thereof
• 29 U.S.C. § 1162 — Continuation coverage
• 29 U.S.C. § 1181 — Increased portability through limitation on preexisting condition exclusions
• 29 U.S.C. § 2918 — National emergency grants
• 29 U.S.C. § 2919 — Authorization of appropriations
• 31 U.S.C. § 1324 — Refund of internal revenue collections
• 31 U.S.C. § 3101 — Public debt limit
• 33 U.S.C. § 902 — Definitions
• 42 U.S.C. § 299b-8 — 299b–8. Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research
• 42 U.S.C. § 300bb-2 — 300bb–2. Continuation coverage
• 42 U.S.C. § 300gg — Increased portability through limitation on preexisting condition exclusions
• 42 U.S.C. § 300jj — Definitions
• 42 U.S.C. § 300jj-11 — 300jj–11. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
• 42 U.S.C. § 300jj-12 — 300jj–12. HIT Policy Committee
• 42 U.S.C. § 300jj-13 — 300jj–13. HIT Standards Committee
• 42 U.S.C. § 300jj-14 — 300jj–14. Process for adoption of endorsed recommendations; adoption of initial set of standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria
• 42 U.S.C. § 300jj-15 — 300jj–15. Application and use of adopted standards and implementation specifications by Federal agencies
• 42 U.S.C. § 300jj-16 — 300jj–16. Voluntary application and use of adopted standards and implementation specifications by private entities
• 42 U.S.C. § 300jj-17 — 300jj–17. Federal health information technology
• 42 U.S.C. § 300jj-18 — 300jj–18. Transitions
• 42 U.S.C. § 300jj-19 — 300jj–19. Miscellaneous provisions
• 42 U.S.C. § 300jj-31 — 300jj–31. Immediate funding to strengthen the health information technology infrastructure
• 42 U.S.C. § 300jj-32 — 300jj–32. Health information technology implementation assistance
• 42 U.S.C. § 300jj-33 — 300jj–33. State grants to promote health information technology
• 42 U.S.C. § 300jj-34 — 300jj–34. Competitive grants to States and Indian tribes for the development of loan programs to facilitate the widespread adoption of certified EHR technology
• 42 U.S.C. § 300jj-35 — 300jj–35. Demonstration program to integrate information technology into clinical education
• 42 U.S.C. § 300jj-36 — 300jj–36. Information technology professionals in health care
• 42 U.S.C. § 300jj-37 — 300jj–37. General grant and loan provisions
• 42 U.S.C. § 300jj-38 — 300jj–38. Authorization for appropriations
• 42 U.S.C. § 603 — Grants to States
• 42 U.S.C. § 604 — Use of grants
• 42 U.S.C. § 607 — Mandatory work requirements
• 42 U.S.C. § 1103 — Amounts transferred to State accounts
• 42 U.S.C. § 1308 — Additional grants to Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa; limitation on total payments
• 42 U.S.C. § 1320b-24 — 1320b–24. Consultation with Tribal Technical Advisory Group
• 42 U.S.C. § 1320d — Definitions
• 42 U.S.C. § 1320d-5 — 1320d–5. General penalty for failure to comply with requirements and standards
• 42 U.S.C. § 1320d-6 — 1320d–6. Wrongful disclosure of individually identifiable health information
• 42 U.S.C. § 1322 — Repayment by State; certification; transfer; interest on loan; credit of interest on loan
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395f — Conditions of and limitations on payment for services
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395r — Amount of premiums for individuals enrolled under this part
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395w — Appropriations to cover Government contributions and contingency reserve
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395w-4 — 1395w–4. Payment for physicians’ services
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395w-21 — 1395w–21. Eligibility, election, and enrollment
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395w-23 — 1395w–23. Payments to Medicare+Choice organizations
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395ww — Payments to hospitals for inpatient hospital services
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395iii — Medicare Improvement Fund
• 42 U.S.C. § 1396a — State plans for medical assistance
• 42 U.S.C. § 1396b — Payment to States
• 42 U.S.C. § 1396o — Use of enrollment fees, premiums, deductions, cost sharing, and similar charges
• 42 U.S.C. § 1396o-1 — 1396o–1. State option for alternative premiums and cost sharing
• 42 U.S.C. § 1396p — Liens, adjustments and recoveries, and transfers of assets
• 42 U.S.C. § 1396r-4 — 1396r–4. Adjustment in payment for inpatient hospital services furnished by disproportionate share hospitals
• 42 U.S.C. § 1396r-6 — 1396r–6. Extension of eligibility for medical assistance
• 42 U.S.C. § 1396u-2 — 1396u–2. Provisions relating to managed care
• 42 U.S.C. § 1396u-3 — 1396u–3. State coverage of medicare cost-sharing for additional low-income medicare beneficiaries
• 42 U.S.C. § 1397gg — Strategic objectives and performance goals; plan administration
• 42 U.S.C. § 3374 — Acquisition of property at or near military bases which have been ordered to be closed and certain property owned by members of the Armed Forces, Department of Defense and United States Coast Guard civilian employees, and surviving spouses
• 42 U.S.C. § 6862 — Definitions
• 42 U.S.C. § 6865 — Limitations on financial assistance
• 42 U.S.C. § 6866 — Monitoring and evaluation of funded projects; technical assistance; limitation on assistance
• 42 U.S.C. § 16421a — Western Area Power Administration borrowing authority
• 42 U.S.C. § 16516 — Temporary program for rapid deployment of renewable energy and electric power transmission projects
• 42 U.S.C. § 17153 — Allocation of funds
• 42 U.S.C. § 17158 — Funding
• 42 U.S.C. § 17384 — Smart grid technology research, development, and demonstration
• 42 U.S.C. § 17386 — Federal matching fund for smart grid investment costs
• 42 U.S.C. § 17901 — Coordination of Federal activities with adopted standards and implementation specifications
• 42 U.S.C. § 17902 — Application to private entities
• 42 U.S.C. § 17903 — Study and reports
• 42 U.S.C. § 17911 — National Institute for Standards and Technology testing
• 42 U.S.C. § 17912 — Research and development programs
• 42 U.S.C. § 17921 — Definitions
• 42 U.S.C. § 17931 — Application of security provisions and penalties to business associates of covered entities; annual guidance on security provisions
• 42 U.S.C. § 17932 — Notification in the case of breach
• 42 U.S.C. § 17933 — Education on health information privacy
• 42 U.S.C. § 17934 — Application of privacy provisions and penalties to business associates of covered entities
• 42 U.S.C. § 17935 — Restrictions on certain disclosures and sales of health information; accounting of certain protected health information disclosures; access to certain information in electronic format
• 42 U.S.C. § 17936 — Conditions on certain contacts as part of health care operations
• 42 U.S.C. § 17937 — Temporary breach notification requirement for vendors of personal health records and other non-HIPAA covered entities
• 42 U.S.C. § 17938 — Business associate contracts required for certain entities
• 42 U.S.C. § 17939 — Improved enforcement
• 42 U.S.C. § 17940 — Audits
• 42 U.S.C. § 17951 — Relationship to other laws
• 42 U.S.C. § 17952 — Regulatory references
• 42 U.S.C. § 17953 — Studies, reports, guidance
• 45 U.S.C. § 352 — Benefits
• 47 U.S.C. § 1305 — Broadband Technology Opportunities Program
• 6 U.S.C. § 453b — Requirement to buy certain items related to national security interests from American sources; exceptions
• 7 U.S.C. § 1531 — Supplemental agricultural disaster assistance
• 19 U.S.C. §§ 2371a to 2371f — Repealed.
• 19 U.S.C. §§ 2373 to 2374 — Repealed.
• 20 U.S.C. § 10001 — Allocations
• 20 U.S.C. § 10002 — State uses of funds
• 20 U.S.C. § 10003 — Uses of funds by local educational agencies
• 20 U.S.C. § 10004 — Uses of funds by institutions of higher education
• 20 U.S.C. § 10005 — State applications
• 20 U.S.C. § 10006 — State incentive grants
• 20 U.S.C. § 10007 — Innovation Fund
• 20 U.S.C. § 10008 — State reports
• 20 U.S.C. § 10009 — Evaluation
• 20 U.S.C. § 10010 — Secretary’s report to Congress
• 20 U.S.C. § 10011 — Prohibition on provision of certain assistance
• 20 U.S.C. § 10012 — Fiscal relief
• 20 U.S.C. § 10013 — Definitions
• 42 U.S.C. § 299b–8 — Omitted
• 42 U.S.C. § 300bb–2 — Continuation coverage
• 42 U.S.C. § 300gg–3 — Prohibition of preexisting condition exclusions or other discrimination based on health status
• 42 U.S.C. § 300jj–11 — Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
• 42 U.S.C. § 300jj–12 — Health Information Technology Advisory Committee
• 42 U.S.C. § 300jj–13 — Setting priorities for standards adoption
• 42 U.S.C. § 300jj–14 — Process for adoption of endorsed recommendations; adoption of initial set of standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria
• 42 U.S.C. § 300jj–15 — Application and use of adopted standards and implementation specifications by Federal agencies
• 42 U.S.C. § 300jj–16 — Voluntary application and use of adopted standards and implementation specifications by private entities
• 42 U.S.C. § 300jj–17 — Federal health information technology
• 42 U.S.C. § 300jj–18 — Transitions
• 42 U.S.C. § 300jj–19 — Miscellaneous provisions
• 42 U.S.C. § 300jj–31 — Immediate funding to strengthen the health information technology infrastructure
• 42 U.S.C. § 300jj–32 — Health information technology implementation assistance
• 42 U.S.C. § 300jj–33 — State grants to promote health information technology
• 42 U.S.C. § 300jj–34 — Competitive grants to States and Indian tribes for the development of loan programs to facilitate the widespread adoption of certified EHR technology
• 42 U.S.C. § 300jj–35 — Demonstration program to integrate information technology into clinical education
• 42 U.S.C. § 300jj–36 — Information technology professionals in health care
• 42 U.S.C. § 300jj–37 — General grant and loan provisions
• 42 U.S.C. § 300jj–38 — Authorization for appropriations
• 42 U.S.C. § 1320b–24 — Consultation with Tribal Technical Advisory Group
• 42 U.S.C. § 1320d–5 — General penalty for failure to comply with requirements and standards
• 42 U.S.C. § 1320d–6 — Wrongful disclosure of individually identifiable health information
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395w–4 — Payment for physicians’ services
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395w–21 — Eligibility, election, and enrollment
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395w–23 — Payments to Medicare+Choice organizations
• 42 U.S.C. § 1396o–1 — State option for alternative premiums and cost sharing
• 42 U.S.C. § 1396r–4 — Adjustment in payment for inpatient hospital services furnished by disproportionate share hospitals
• 42 U.S.C. § 1396r–6 — Extension of eligibility for medical assistance
• 42 U.S.C. § 1396u–2 — Provisions relating to managed care
• 42 U.S.C. § 1396u–3 — State coverage of medicare cost-sharing for additional low-income medicare beneficiaries