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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 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jun 29, 2006
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 June 29, 2006

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 6188 Identical bill Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act of 2006
 Bill text 1 version

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Thune, John
South Dakota · Sep 21, 2006
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3609: Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act of 2006. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-3609/
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"S. 3609: Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act of 2006." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-3609/.
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S. 3609, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-3609/.
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