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HR 1963 108th Congress House Health Ambulatory care Hospital care Medical fees Medical laboratories Medical tests Medicare Social Welfare

Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act of 2003

Introduced: May 6, 2003 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 11, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 9, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 6, 2003
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
May 6, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, with regard to a laboratory-furnished technical component of certain physician pathology services, to treat such component as a service for which payment shall be made to the laboratory, and not as an inpatient hospital or hospital outpatient service for which payment is made to the hospital.
What's happening now June 11, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
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Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Jun 24, 2003
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Boozman, John
Arkansas · Jun 10, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1963: Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1963/
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"H.R. 1963: Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1963/.
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H.R. 1963, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1963/.
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