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
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
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
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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