3.0.0 6133 2023-01-12T17:52:18Z 2023-01-12T17:52:18Z House H HR 2006-09-21 109 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2006-10-02T17:51:06Z Referred to 2006-09-21T14:01:10Z Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2006 109 4056 S 2006-11-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Identical bill CRS 2006-10-02 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2006-09-21 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2006-09-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-09-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000591 Rep. Price, Tom [R-GA-6] Tom Price R GA 6 N G000309 Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6] BART GORDON D TN 6 2006-09-21 True M001134 Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9] SUE MYRICK R NC WILKINS 9 2006-09-21 True N000159 Rep. Norwood, Charles W. [R-GA-9] CHARLES NORWOOD R GA W. 9 2006-09-21 True H001037 Rep. Herseth, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large] Stephanie Herseth D SD 0 2006-09-21 True W000267 Rep. Weldon, Dave [R-FL-15] DAVE WELDON R FL 15 2006-09-21 True D000168 Rep. Deal, Nathan [R-GA-10] NATHAN DEAL R GA 10 2006-09-21 True B001248 Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26] Michael Burgess R TX C. 26 2006-09-21 True S000364 Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-19] JOHN SHIMKUS R IL M. 19 2006-09-21 True S001154 Rep. Shuster, Bill [R-PA-9] Bill Shuster R PA 9 2006-09-21 True E000187 Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3] PHIL ENGLISH R PA 3 2006-09-26 False B001255 Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-7] Charles Boustany R LA W. 7 2006-09-26 False B000657 Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9] RICK BOUCHER D VA 9 2006-11-13 False F000450 Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5] Virginia Foxx R NC 5 2006-12-07 False Health Administrative procedure Continuing education Cytology Department of Health and Human Services Education Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Gynecology Higher education Law Medical education Medical laboratories Medical tests Quality of care Science, Technology, Communications Student records Women Women's health Health 00 2006-09-21 Introduced in House 2006-11-06T20:54:16Z Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to revise national quality assurance standards to assure consistent performance by laboratories of valid and reliable cytology services, to include requirements that each clinical laboratory: (1) ensure that all individuals involved in screening and interpreting cytological preparations participate annually in an approved continuing medical education program in gynecologic cytology that provides each participant with gynecologic cytologic preparations designed to improve locator, recognition, and interpretive skills; and (2) maintain a record of program results.

Requires the Secretary to terminate individual proficiency testing that was in effect before enactment of this Act.

]]> Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2006 Display Title Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide revised standards for quality assurance in screening and evaluation of gynecologic cytology preparations, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2006 Introduced in House 2006-09-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr6133ih/xml/BILLS-109hr6133ih.xml 2006-10-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 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.