3.0.0 1220 2023-01-11T13:18:38Z 2023-01-11T13:18:38Z Senate S S 2009-06-09 111 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-06-09T23:06:00Z Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act 111 1699 HR 2009-03-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2009-06-09 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6383) IntroReferral 2009-06-09 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6382-6383) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-06-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [D-PA] ARLEN SPECTER D PA N W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2009-06-09 True 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 2009-06-09 Introduced in Senate 2009-07-07T17:23:23Z 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, identifies, or quantitates genotypes, mutations, chromosomal changes, biochemical changes, cell response, or protein expression, or gene expression or similar method or is a cancer chemotherapy sensitivity assay or similar method, 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 Display Title Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act Official Title as Introduced A bill 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 Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act Introduced in Senate 2009-06-09T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1220is/xml/BILLS-111s1220is.xml 2009-06-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6383) 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.