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Critical Access to Clinical Lab Services Act of 2005

Introduced: February 1, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Feb 1, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 1, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S744-745)
Feb 1, 2005
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Critical Access to Clinical Lab Services Act of 2005 - 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 February 1, 2005

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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