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HR 1452 111th Congress House Health Administrative law and regulatory procedures Advisory bodies Department of Health and Human Services Health facilities and institutions Medical tests and diagnostic methods Medicare User charges and fees

Medicare Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Fee Schedule Modernization Act of 2009

Introduced: March 11, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 12, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 11, 2009
Referred to House Ways and Means
Mar 11, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Mar 11, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Mar 11, 2009
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Fee Schedule Modernization Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish a negotiated rulemaking committee to negotiate and develop a proposed rule for a Medicare modernized clinical diagnostic laboratory fee schedule; (2) report to Congress on the fee schedule; and (3) promulgate final regulations to establish it if the committee reaches consensus.

Directs the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) to report to Congress its own recommendations according to whether or not the committee does reach consensus.

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish as $6.04 for 2010 (and the preceding year's amount adjusted for inflation for subsequent years) the fee for collecting specimens for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests under the Medicare program.

What's happening now March 12, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1