SECTION. 1. [19 U.S.C. 2101 note]  SHORT TITLE.

(a)  This Act may be cited as the “Middle Class Tax and Job Creation Act of 2012”.

SEC. 2104. [42 U.S.C. 653a note]  DATA EXCHANGE STANDARDIZATION FOR IMPROVED INTEROPERABILITY.

(b)  Effective dates.—

(1)  Data exchange standards.— The Secretary of Labor shall issue a proposed rule under section 911(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (as added by subsection (a)) within 12 months after the date of the enactment of this section, and shall issue a final rule under such section 911(a)(1), after public comment, within 24 months after such date of enactment.

(2)  Data reporting standards.— The reporting standards required under section 911(b)(1) of such Act (as so added) shall become effective with respect to reports required in the first reporting period, after the effective date of the final rule referred to in paragraph (1) of this subsection, for which the authority for data collection and reporting is established or renewed under the Paperwork Reduction Act

SEC. 3002. [42 U.S.C. 653a note]  EXTENSION OF OUTPATIENT HOLD HARMLESS PAYMENTS.

(b)  Report.— Not later than July 1, 2012, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to the Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate a report including recommendations for which types of hospitals should continue to receive hold harmless payments described in subclauses (II) and (III) of section 1833(t)(7)(D)(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(t)(7)(D)(i)) in order to maintain adequate beneficiary access to outpatient services. In conducting such report, the Secretary should examine why some similarly situated hospitals do not receive such hold harmless payments and are able to rely only on the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services under section 1833(t) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(t)).

SEC. 4003. [42 U.S.C. 611 note]  DATA EXCHANGE STANDARDIZATION FOR IMPROVED INTEROPERABILITY.

(b)  Effective Dates.—

(1)  Data exchange standards.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall issue a proposed rule under section 411(d)(1) of the Social Security Act within 12 months after the date of the enactment of this section, and shall issue a final rule under such section 411(d)(1), after public comment, within 24 months after such date of enactment.

(2)  Data reporting standards.—The reporting standards required under section 411(d)(2) of such Act shall become effective with respect to reports required in the first reporting period, after the effective date of the final rule referred to in paragraph (1) of this subsection, for which the authority for data collection and reporting is established or renewed under the Paperwork Reduction Act.