[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 883 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 883

 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to adjust the fee for 
collecting specimens for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests under the 
                           Medicare Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 25, 2003

  Mr. English (for himself and Mr. Deutsch) introduced the following 
 bill; which was 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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to adjust the fee for 
collecting specimens for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests under the 
                           Medicare Program.

    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 ``Medicare Laboratory Services Access 
Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. ADJUSTMENT IN MEDICARE LABORATORY SPECIMEN COLLECTION FEE.

    (a) In General.--Section 1833(h) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395l(h)) is amended--
                    (1) in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting ``in the 
                amount specified in paragraph (8)'' after ``a nominal 
                fee''; and
                    (2) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
    ``(8) The amount specified in this paragraph, for the nominal fee 
under paragraph (3)(A) for tests performed in--
            ``(A) 2004, is $5.42; or
            ``(B) a subsequent year, is the amount specified in this 
        paragraph for tests performed in the preceding year adjusted by 
        the annual percentage increase or decrease in the Consumer 
        Price Index for All Urban Consumers (United States city 
        average).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to fees for tests performed on or after January 1, 2004.
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