3.0.0 4568 2023-01-13T04:49:24Z 2023-01-13T04:49:24Z House H HR 2005-12-16 109 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-01-27T17:40:17Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing Referred to 2005-12-16T14:00:10Z Proficiency Testing Improvement Act of 2005 109 4268 HR 2005-11-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2006-01-27 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2005-12-17 Senate Received in the Senate. IntroReferral 2005-12-17 15:49:21 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2005-12-17 15:49:18 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H12059) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 2005-12-17 15:49:18 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H12059) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 2005-12-17 15:19:19 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4568. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2005-12-17 15:19:17 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H12059-12063) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2005-12-17 15:19:07 Mr. Deal (GA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2005-12-16 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2005-12-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-12-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000168 Rep. Deal, Nathan [R-GA-10] NATHAN DEAL R GA 10 N P000591 Rep. Price, Tom [R-GA-6] Tom Price R GA 6 2005-12-16 True M001134 Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9] SUE MYRICK R NC WILKINS 9 2005-12-16 True B000944 Rep. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH-13] Sherrod Brown D OH 13 2005-12-16 True Health Accreditation (Medical care) Administrative procedure Cytology Decision making Department of Health and Human Services Government Operations and Politics Law Licenses Medical laboratories Science, Technology, Communications Scientists Standards Health 00 2005-12-16 Introduced in House 2006-01-13T21:19:47Z Proficiency Testing Improvement Act of 2005 - Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from conducting laboratory proficiency testing of individuals involved in screening or interpreting cytological preparations for one year.

Requires the Secretary, within one year and before resuming testing, to revise such proficiency testing to: (1) reflect the collaborative clinical decision-making of laboratory personnel involved in screening or interpreting cytological preparations; (2) revise grading or scoring criteria to reflect current practice guidelines; (3) provide for such testing to be conducted no more than every two years; and (4) make such other revisions as necessary to reflect changes in laboratory operations and practices since the standards were promulgated.

]]> 81 2005-12-17 Passed House without amendment 2006-01-13T21:20:50Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Proficiency Testing Improvement Act of 2005 - Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from conducting laboratory proficiency testing of individuals involved in screening or interpreting cytological preparations for one year.

Requires the Secretary, within one year and before resuming testing, to revise such proficiency testing to: (1) reflect the collaborative clinical decision-making of laboratory personnel involved in screening or interpreting cytological preparations; (2) revise grading or scoring criteria to reflect current practice guidelines; (3) provide for such testing to be conducted no more than every two years; and (4) make such other revisions as necessary to reflect changes in laboratory operations and practices since the standards were promulgated.

]]> Proficiency Testing Improvement Act of 2005 Display Title Proficiency Testing Improvement Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced To improve proficiency testing of clinical laboratories. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Proficiency Testing Improvement Act of 2005 Short Titles as Passed House Proficiency Testing Improvement Act of 2005 H House Referred in Senate 2006-01-27T05:00:00Z Engrossed in House 2005-12-17T05:00:00Z Introduced in House 2005-12-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr4568ih/xml/BILLS-109hr4568ih.xml 2006-01-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.