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S.1220: Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act
About This Bill
- This bill was introduced in the 111th Congress
- This bill is primarily about health
- Introduced June 9, 2009
- Latest Major Action June 9, 2009
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Bill Summary
Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) where practical, Medicare regulations and policies should be written to promote development of and access to certain highly specialized laboratory tests; and (2) certain Medicare regulations should be revised to permit laboratories furnishing such tests to bill for and be paid directly by Medicare for furnishing them. Declares that, whenever a laboratory...
(Source: Library of Congress)
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Bill Actions
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Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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| June 9, 2009 |
Introduced in the Senate by Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) |