HR 2218 · 109th Congress · Health
Medicare Laboratory Services Access Act of 2005
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Introduced2
Committee3
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Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.(2005-05-23)
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Medical Laboratory Services Access Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to fee schedules for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests and the Medicare laboratory specimen collection fee. Sets such fee at $5.78 for 2006, and the same adjusted for inflation in subsequent years, to cover the appropriate cost of collecting the sample on which a clinical diagnostic laboratory test was performed and for which payment is made.…
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Cosponsors (8)
7 Democrats1 Republican