[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1501 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1501

 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

                             March 13, 2007

 Mr. English of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. Gene Green of Texas) 
 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 2007''.

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 (9)'' after ``a nominal 
                fee''; and
                    (2) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
    ``(9) The amount specified in this paragraph, for the nominal fee 
under paragraph (3)(A) for tests performed in--
            ``(A) 2008, is $6.07; 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, 2008.
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