118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 1000 — Saving Access to Laboratory Services Act

“A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the accuracy of market-based Medicare payment for clinical diagnostic laboratory services, to reduce administrative burdens in the collection of data, and for other purposes.”

Health

Introduced Mar 28, 2023

Last action Mar 28, 2023

Pipeline · Bill → Law

Step 1

Introduced

Mar 28, 2023

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Referred

Mar 28, 2023

Finance

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Committee

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Senate

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House floor

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Resolve Changes

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Signed

SummaryCRS Summary

This bill modifies provisions relating to Medicare payment rates for clinical diagnostic laboratory services, including by requiring payment rates for certain widely available clinical diagnostic laboratory tests to be based on a statistical sampling of private sector rates.

Provisions · 2 sectionsIntroduced in Senate

Timeline · 2 actions

Mar 28, 2023

Introduced in Senate

Mar 28, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.