[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2218 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2218

 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

                              May 10, 2005

 Mr. English of Pennsylvania 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 2005''.

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) 2006, is $5.78; 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, 2006.
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