To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to long-term care and post-acute care providers for purposes of developing and adopting health information technology.
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Latest Action · July 22, 2026
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
The CHARTS Act directs the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to nursing homes, skilled nursing facilities, and home health agencies to help them adopt and develop health information technology systems. Each eligible provider can receive up to $500,000 over a three-year grant period, with the Secretary required to begin awarding grants within two years of the bill's enactment. The grants must be used to improve communication and data sharing between healthcare providers, enhance patient care quality, and reduce duplicate services and rehospitalizations, with priority given to providers serving Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries and diverse geographic and demographic populations. The legislation authorizes $5 million for each of fiscal years 2027 and 2028, and requires the Secretary to report to Congress three years after enactment on which providers received grants, and again at six years with findings on how the technology improved care coordination, patient outcomes, and federal healthcare spending.
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