text: SECTION 1. 1-YEAR EXTENSION OF DATE FOR COMPLIANCE BY CERTAIN COVERED 
                ENTITIES WITH ADMINISTRATIVE SIMPLIFICATION STANDARDS FOR 
                ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS AND CODE SETS.
  
      (a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 1175(b)(1)(A) of the 
  Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d-4(b)(1)(A)) and section 162.900 of 
  title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations--
              (1) a health care provider shall not be considered to be in 
          noncompliance with the applicable requirements of subparts I 
          through N of part 162 of title 45 of the Code of Federal 
          Regulations before October 16, 2003; and
              (2) a health plan (other than a small health plan) or a 
          health care clearinghouse shall not be considered to be in 
          noncompliance with the applicable requirements of subparts I 
          through R of part 162 of title 45 of the Code of Federal 
          Regulations before October 16, 2003.
      (b) Special Rules.--
              (1) Rules of construction.--Nothing in this section shall 
          be construed--
                      (A) as modifying the October 16, 2003, date for 
                  compliance of small health plans with subparts I 
                  through R of part 162 of title 45 of the Code of 
                  Federal Regulations; or
                      (B) as modifying--
                              (i) the April 14, 2003, date for compliance 
                          of a health care provider, a health plan (other 
                          than a small health plan), or a health care 
                          clearinghouse with subpart E of part 164 of 
                          title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations; or
                              (ii) the April 14, 2004, date for 
                          compliance of a small health plan with subpart 
                          E of part 164 of title 45 of the Code of 
                          Federal Regulations.
              (2) Applicability of privacy requirements to certain 
          transactions prior to standards compliance date.--
                      (A) In general.--Notwithstanding any other 
                  provision of law, during the period that begins on 
                  April 14, 2003, and ends on October 16, 2003, a health 
                  care provider or, subject to subparagraph (C), a health 
                  care clearinghouse, that transmits any health 
                  information in electronic form in connection with a 
                  transaction described in subparagraph (B) shall comply 
                  with the then applicable requirements of subpart E of 
                  part 164 of title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations 
                  without regard to section 164.106 of subpart A of such 
                  part or to whether the transmission meets any standard 
                  formats required by part 162 of title 45 of the Code of 
                  Federal Regulations.
                      (B) Transactions described.--The transactions 
                  described in this subparagraph are the following:
                              (i) A health care claims or equivalent 
                          encounter information transaction.
                              (ii) A health care payment and remittance 
                          advice transaction.
                              (iii) A coordination of benefits 
                          transaction.
                              (iv) A health care claim status 
                          transaction.
                              (v) An enrollment and disenrollment in a 
                          health plan transaction.
                              (vi) An eligibility for a health plan 
                          transaction.
                              (vii) A health plan premium payments 
                          transaction.
                              (viii) A referral certification and 
                          authorization transaction.
                              (ix) A transaction with respect to a first 
                          report of injury.
                              (x) A transaction with respect to health 
                          claims attachments.
                      (C) Application to health care clearinghouses.--For 
                  purposes of this paragraph, during the period described 
                  in subparagraph (A), an entity that would otherwise 
                  meet the definition of health care clearinghouse that 
                  processes or facilitates the processing of information 
                  in connection with a transaction described in 
                  subparagraph (B) shall be deemed to be a health care 
                  clearinghouse notwithstanding that the entity does not 
                  process or facilitate the processing of such 
                  information into any standard formats required by part 
                  162 of title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
      (c) Definitions.--In this section--
              (1) the terms ``health care provider'', ``health plan'', 
          and ``health care clearinghouse'' have the meaning given those 
          terms in section 1171 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
          1320d) and section 160.103 of part 160 of title 45 of the Code 
          of Federal Regulations;
              (2) the terms ``small health plan'' and ``transaction'' 
          have the meaning given those terms in section 160.103 of part 
          160 of title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations; and
              (3) the terms ``health care claims or equivalent encounter 
          information transaction'', ``health care payment and remittance 
          advice transaction'', ``coordination of benefits transaction'', 
          ``health care claim status transaction'', ``enrollment and 
          disenrollment in a health plan transaction'', ``eligibility for 
          a health plan transaction'', ``health plan premium payments 
          transaction'', and ``referral certification and authorization 
          transaction'' have the meanings given those terms in sections 
          162.1101, 162.1601, 162.1801, 162.1401, 162.1501, 162.1201, 
          162.1701, and 162.1301 of part 162 of title 45 of the Code of 
          Federal Regulations, respectively.
target: Provides a one year extension for providers, State health programs, health plans, and others to implement the administrative simplification standards for electronic transactions and code sets required by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).Differentiates these electronic transaction and code set requirements from the medical privacy regulations under HIPAA which remain unaffected.
feat_title: A bill to provide a 1-year extension of the date for compliance by certain covered entities with the administrative simplification standards for electronic transactions and code sets issued in accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.