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Critical Access to Clinical Lab Services Act of 2004 (Introduced in Senate)

S 2426 IS

108th CONGRESS

2d Session

S. 2426

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify the treatment of payment under the medicare program for clinical laboratory tests furnished by critical access hospitals.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

May 17, 2004

Mr. NELSON of Nebraska (for himself and Ms. COLLINS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

A BILL

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify the treatment of payment under the medicare program for clinical laboratory tests furnished by critical access hospitals.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Critical Access to Clinical Lab Services Act of 2004'.

SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF PAYMENT FOR CLINICAL LABORATORY TESTS FURNISHED BY CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITALS.

(a) IN GENERAL- Section 1834(g)(4) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(g)(4)) is amended--

(1) in the heading, by striking `NO BENEFICIARY COST-SHARING FOR' and inserting `TREATMENT OF'; and

(2) by adding at the end the following new sentence: `For purposes of the preceding sentence and section 1861(mm)(3), clinical diagnostic laboratory services furnished by a critical access hospital shall be treated as being furnished as part of outpatient critical access services without regard to whether--

`(A) the individual with respect to whom such services are furnished is physically present in the critical access hospital at the time the specimen is collected;

`(B) such individual is registered as an outpatient on the records of, and receives such services directly from, the critical access hospital; or

`(C) payment is (or, but for this subsection, would be) available for such services under the fee schedule established under section 1833(h).'.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to cost reporting periods beginning on or after October 1, 2003.

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