S 3391 112th Congress Senate Health Health facilities and institutions Licensing and registrations Medical tests and diagnostic methods

TEST Act

Introduced: July 17, 2012 Introduced by: Klobuchar, Amy Democratic · Minnesota See on congress.gov

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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

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now September 19, 2012

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 520.

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