[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2378 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2378

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase the amount 
 of payment under the Medicare program for pap smear laboratory tests.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 30, 1998

   Mr. Akaka introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase the amount 
 of payment under the Medicare program for pap smear laboratory tests.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Investment in Women's Health Act of 
1998''.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN PAYMENT AMOUNT FOR PAP SMEAR LABORATORY TESTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1833(h) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395l(h)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
    ``(7) In no case shall payment under the fee schedule established 
under paragraph (1) for the laboratory test component of a diagnostic 
or screening pap smear be less than $14.60.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to laboratory tests furnished on or after January 1, 
1999.
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