Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2008
Latest action · Apr 9, 2008 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 28, 2007
- Passed HouseApr 8, 2008
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to revise national quality assurance standards to assure consistent performance by laboratories of valid and reliable cytology services in order to include requirements that each clinical laboratory: (1) ensure that all individuals involved in screening and interpreting cytological preparations participate annually in an approved continuing medical education program in gynecologic cytology that provides each participant with gynecologic cytological preparations designed to improve locator, recognition, and interpretive skills; (2) maintain a record of program results; (3) require the laboratory director to consider such results and other performance metrics in reviewing the performance of individuals involved in screening and interpreting cytological preparations; and (4) submit the continuing education program results for each individual and plans for corrective action or remedial training in a timely manner to the laboratory's accrediting organization for purposes of review and ongoing monitoring.
Requires the Secretary to terminate individual proficiency testing that was in effect before enactment of this Act.
Cosponsors 175
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 28, 2007 to Mar 31, 2008; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-GA | Nathan Deal | Original | Feb 28, 2007 |
| D-SD | Stephanie Herseth Sandlin | Original | Feb 28, 2007 |
| R-GA | Tom Price | Original | Feb 28, 2007 |
| R-NC | Virginia Foxx | Original | Feb 28, 2007 |
| R-TX | Michael C. Burgess | Mar 21, 2007 | |
| R-MI | Mike Rogers | Mar 21, 2007 | |
| R-PA | Phil English | Mar 21, 2007 | |
| D-VA | Rick Boucher | Mar 21, 2007 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Mar 21, 2007 | |
| D-LA | William J. Jefferson | Mar 21, 2007 | |
| D-OR | Darlene Hooley | Mar 28, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Mar 28, 2007 | |
| R-NC | Sue Wilkins Myrick | Mar 28, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Tim Holden | Mar 28, 2007 | |
| R-PA | Bill Shuster | Apr 16, 2007 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Feb 28, 2007Markup Mar 13, 2008Reported Apr 8, 2008 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 1, 2007Markup Mar 11, 2008Reported Mar 11, 2008 | |
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Apr 9, 2008 |
Actions 16
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 9, 2008Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Apr 8, 2008Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 110-566.
- Apr 8, 2008Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 348.
- Apr 8, 2008Mrs. Capps moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Apr 8, 2008Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2029-2034)
- Apr 8, 2008DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1237.
- Apr 8, 2008Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H2029-2030)
- Apr 8, 2008On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2029-2030)
- Apr 8, 2008Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 13, 2008Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 13, 2008Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Mar 11, 2008Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 11, 2008Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
- Mar 1, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Feb 28, 2007Introduced in House
- Feb 28, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E553 | Michael N. Castle R-DE | Apr 9, 2008 |
| House · Extensions | Debate and remarks E546, H2029–H2034Text printed H2029 | John Conyers, Jr. D-MI, Lois Capps D-CA, Nathan Deal R-GA, Sue Wilkins Myrick R-NC, Tom Price R-GA, Vern Buchanan R-FL | Apr 8, 2008 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Mar 31, 2008H.R. 1237, A bill to amend the Public Service Act to provide revised standards for quality assurance in screening and evaluation of gynecologic cytology preparations<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on March 13, 2008</p>
- Mar 31, 2008H.R. 1237, A bill to amend the Public Service Act to provide revised standards for quality assurance in screening and evaluation of gynecologic cytology preparationsCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on March 13, 2008
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2510 | Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2007 | Related bill | Dec 18, 2007 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide revised standards for quality assurance in screening and evaluation of gynecologic cytology preparations, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2007
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2008
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2008
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Accreditation (Medical care)
- Administrative procedure
- Continuing education
- Cytology
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Education
- Employee training
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Gynecology
- Health
- Higher education
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Medical education
- Medical laboratories
- Medical tests
- Quality of care
- Rating of employees
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Student records
- Women
- Women's health
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 9, 2008Referred in Senate
- Apr 8, 2008Engrossed in House
- Apr 8, 2008Reported in House
- Feb 28, 2007Introduced in House
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