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S 2426 108th Congress Senate Health Ambulatory care Hospital rates Medical laboratories Medical tests Medicare Social Welfare

Critical Access to Clinical Lab Services Act of 2004

Introduced: May 17, 2004 See on congress.gov
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May 17, 2004
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 17, 2004
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5536)
May 17, 2004
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Critical Access to Clinical Lab Services Act of 2004 - 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.

What's happening now May 17, 2004

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4257 Identical bill Critical Access to Clinical Lab Services Act of 2004
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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
D
Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Oct 1, 2004
 D
Murray, Patty
Washington · Sep 13, 2004
 R
Collins, Susan M.
Maine · May 17, 2004
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2426: Critical Access to Clinical Lab Services Act of 2004. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-2426/
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"S. 2426: Critical Access to Clinical Lab Services Act of 2004." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-2426/.
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S. 2426, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-2426/.
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