HR 1016 · 109th Congress · Health

Critical Access to Clinical Lab Services Act of 2005

Introduced 2005-03-01· Sponsored by Rep. Otter, C. L. (Butch) [R-ID-1]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
2
Committee
3
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.(2005-03-14)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Critical Access to Clinical Lab Services Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide that clinical diagnostic laboratory services furnished by a critical access hospital shall be treated as being furnished as part of outpatient critical access services without regard to whether: (1) the individual for whom the services are furnished is physically present in the critical access hospital at the time the specimen is collected; (2) such individual is registered as an outpatient on the records of, and receives such services directly from, the critical access hospital; or (3) payment is available for such services under the fee schedule established for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests.…

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Cosponsors (20)

9 Democrats10 Republicans1 Independent