[History of Bills, Volume 155 (2009)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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H.R. 1699--A bill to require that certain complex diagnostic 
    laboratory tests performed by an independent laboratory after a 
    hospital outpatient encounter or inpatient stay during which the 
    specimen involved was collected shall be treated as services for 
    which payment may be made directly to the laboratory under part B 
    of title XVIII of the Social Security Act; 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.


By Mr. ALTMIRE (for himself, Mr. Tim Murphy of Pennsylvania, and Ms. 
Eshoo), H4025 [25MR]

  Cosponsors added, H4584 [21AP], H6015 [21MY], H10408 [30SE]