[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2099 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2099

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare 
   competitive bidding demonstration project for clinical laboratory 
                               services.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 26, 2007

Mr. Salazar (for himself, Mr. Roberts, and Ms. Cantwell) 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 repeal the Medicare 
   competitive bidding demonstration project for clinical laboratory 
                               services.

    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 ``Preserving Access to Laboratory 
Services Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF THE MEDICARE COMPETITIVE BIDDING DEMONSTRATION 
              PROJECT FOR CLINICAL LABORATORY SERVICES.

    (a) In General.--Section 1847 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395w-3) is amended by striking subsection (e).
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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