S 3391
112th Congress
Senate
Health
Health facilities and institutions
Licensing and registrations
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
TEST Act
Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 19, 2012
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 520.
Sep 19, 2012
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Harkin without amendment. Without written report.
Sep 19, 2012
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Jul 17, 2012
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jul 17, 2012
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Taking Essential Steps for Testing Act or the TEST Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise sanctions for laboratories that intentionally refer proficiency testing samples required for certification to another laboratory for analysis by: (1) giving the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) discretion to substitute intermediate sanctions for such violations instead of the two-year prohibition against ownership or operation which would otherwise apply, and (2) making the one-year certificate revocation for such a laboratory optional rather than mandatory.
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 520.
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