3.0.0 1699 2019-11-15T21:19:16Z 2019-11-15T21:19:16Z House H HR 2009-03-25 111 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2009-03-26T18:03:51Z Referred to 2009-03-25T14:00:54Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2009-03-25T14:00:55Z Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act 111 1220 S 2009-06-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6383) Related bill CRS 2009-03-26 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2009-03-25 Referred to House Ways and Means IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2009-03-25 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2009-03-25 Referred to House Energy and Commerce IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2009-03-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-03-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress A000362 Rep. Altmire, Jason [D-PA-4] Jason Altmire D PA 4 N M001151 Rep. Murphy, Tim [R-PA-18] Tim Murphy R PA 18 2009-03-25 True E000215 Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-14] ANNA ESHOO D CA G. 14 2009-03-25 True D000482 Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-14] MIKE DOYLE D PA 14 2009-04-21 False R000486 Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-34] LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD D CA 34 2009-05-21 False S001169 Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7] Joe Sestak D PA 7 2009-09-30 False Health Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Health and Human Services Health care coverage and access Medical tests and diagnostic methods Medicare Health 00 2009-03-25 Introduced in House 2009-04-28T19:13:20Z Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) where practical, Medicare regulations and policies should be written to promote development of and access to certain highly specialized laboratory tests; and (2) certain Medicare regulations should be revised to permit laboratories furnishing such tests to bill for and be paid directly by Medicare for furnishing them.

Declares that, whenever a laboratory performs a covered complex diagnostic laboratory test, with respect to a specimen collected from an individual during a period in which the individual is a hospital patient, if the test is performed after such period, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall treat such test, for purposes of making direct payment to the laboratory, as if the specimen had been collected by the laboratory directly.

Defines "covered complex diagnostic laboratory test" as: (1) an analysis of DNA, RNA, chromosomes, proteins, or metabolites that detects genotypes, mutations, chromosomal changes, biochemical changes, cell response, or gene expression or is a cancer chemotherapy sensitivity assay, with certain exceptions; (2) a diagnostic X-ray or other diagnostic test; (3) one developed and performed by a laboratory independent of the hospital in which the specimen involved was collected, and not under any arrangements with such hospital; and (4) one not furnished by such hospital, directly or under any arrangements made by it.

]]> Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act Short Titles as Introduced Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act Display Title Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act Official Title as Introduced To require that certain complex diagnostic laboratory tests performed by an independent laboratory after a hospital outpatient encounter or inpatient stay during which the specimen involved was collected shall be treated as services for which payment may be made directly to the laboratory under part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act. Introduced in House 2009-03-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr1699ih/xml/BILLS-111hr1699ih.xml 2009-03-26 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.