[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2930 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2930

 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase medicare 
                payment for pap smear laboratory tests.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 23, 1999

   Ms. Dunn introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
  Committee on 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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase medicare 
                payment 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 ``Women's Health Innovation 
Improvement Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN MEDICARE 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)(A) 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 $13.
    ``(B) Payment for a laboratory test component of a diagnostic pap 
smear that is conducted using automated primary screening shall be 
equal to 140 percent of payment amount for such test under such fee 
schedule.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to laboratory tests furnished on or after January 1, 
2000.
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