3.0.0 3049 2022-10-28T01:45:57Z 2022-10-28T01:45:57Z Senate S 2019-12-12 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-12-12T21:52:12Z Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 116 1865 HR 2019-12-20 Became Public Law No: 116-94. Related bill CRS LAB Act 116 3584 HR 2019-06-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2019-12-12 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2019-12-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH N B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2019-12-12 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2019-12-16 False R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2019-12-16 False B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2019-12-16 False T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2019-12-16 False Health Congressional oversight Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Health care costs and insurance Health information and medical records Inflation and prices Medical tests and diagnostic methods Medicare Health 00 2019-12-12 Introduced in Senate 2020-10-09T13:16:42Z Laboratory Access for Beneficiaries Act or the LAB Act

This bill revises the periods during which laboratories must report clinical diagnostic test information to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for purposes of determining Medicare payment rates. Additionally, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission must evaluate the methodology used to determine a specified laboratory fee schedule.

]]> LAB Act Display Title LAB Act Short Title(s) as Introduced LAB Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Laboratory Access for Beneficiaries Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for certain amendments relating to reporting requirements with respect to clinical diagnostic laboratory tests, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3049is/xml/BILLS-116s3049is.xml 2019-12-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.