S 3609
109th Congress
Senate
Health
Ambulatory care
Hospital care
Medical fees
Medical laboratories
Medical tests
Medicare
Social Welfare
Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act of 2006
Introduced: June 29, 2006
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2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 29, 2006
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jun 29, 2006
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act of 2006 - 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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1