3.0.0 2510 2023-01-11T13:15:24Z 2023-01-11T13:15:24Z Senate S S 2007-12-18 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-12-19T00:30:38Z Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2008 110 1237 HR 2008-04-09 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS 2007-12-18 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S15920-15921) IntroReferral 2007-12-18 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S15920) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-12-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA N I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2007-12-18 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2007-12-19 False T000464 Sen. 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Kohl, Herb [D-WI] HERBERT KOHL D WI H. 2008-07-29 False B000382 Sen. Bennett, Robert F. [R-UT] ROBERT BENNETT R UT F. 2008-07-31 False V000126 Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH] GEORGE VOINOVICH R OH V. 2008-07-31 False A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2008-08-01 False B001261 Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] John Barrasso R WY 2008-08-01 False B000953 Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] SAM BROWNBACK R KS 2008-09-08 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2008-09-08 False C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2008-09-11 False S001141 Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] Jeff Sessions R AL 2008-09-18 False S001078 Sen. Sununu, John E. [R-NH] John Sununu R NH E. 2008-09-23 False D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE 2008-09-24 False G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2008-09-24 False B001066 Sen. Bunning, Jim [R-KY] JIM BUNNING R KY 2008-09-24 False C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2008-10-01 False T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. 2008-12-10 False Health Accreditation (Medical care) Administrative procedure Continuing education Cytology Department of Health and Human Services Education Employee training Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Gynecology Higher education Labor and Employment Law Medical education Medical laboratories Medical tests Quality of care Rating of employees Science, Technology, Communications Student records Women Women's health Health 00 2007-12-18 Introduced in Senate 2008-03-19T17:24:45Z Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2007 - 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 cytological preparations designed to improve locator, recognition, and interpretive skills; (2) maintain a record of program results; (3) require the laboratory director to consider such results and other performance metrics in reviewing the performance of individuals involved in screening and interpreting cytological preparations; and (4) submit the continuing education program results for each individual and plans for corrective action or remedial training in a timely manner to the laboratory's accrediting organization for purposes of review and ongoing monitoring.

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

]]> Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2007 Display Title Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill 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 Senate 2007-12-18T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2510is/xml/BILLS-110s2510is.xml 2007-12-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S15920-15921) 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.