HR 1237 · 110th Congress · Health
Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2008
Bill Progress
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House Vote4
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EnactedLatest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.(2008-04-09)
Plain Language Summary
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Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to revise national quality assurance standards to assure consistent performance by laboratories of valid and reliable cytology services, to include requirements that each clinical laboratory: (1) ensure that all individuals involved in screening and interpreting cytological preparations participate annually in an approved continuing medical education program in gynecologic cytology that provides each participant with gynecologic cytologic preparations designed to improve locator, recognition, and interpretive skills; and (2) maintain a record of program results. Requires the Secretary to terminate individual proficiency testing that was in effect before enactment of this Act.…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 1237, A bill to amend the Public Service Act to provide revised standards for quality assurance in screening and evaluation of gynecologic cytology preparations
Mar 31, 2008<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on March 13, 2008</p>
Full CBO report ↗H.R. 1237, A bill to amend the Public Service Act to provide revised standards for quality assurance in screening and evaluation of gynecologic cytology preparations
Mar 31, 2008Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on March 13, 2008
Full CBO report ↗Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office
Cosponsors (20)
9 Democrats11 Republicans