Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2007
Latest action · Dec 18, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S15920-15921)
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.
- IntroducedDec 18, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2007 - 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, 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 43
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 18, 2007 to Dec 10, 2008, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | Original | Dec 18, 2007 |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Dec 19, 2007 | |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Feb 12, 2008 | |
| D-MI | Carl Levin | Feb 25, 2008 | |
| R-NC | Richard Burr | Feb 28, 2008 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Apr 2, 2008 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Apr 2, 2008 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Apr 7, 2008 | |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Apr 9, 2008 | |
| D-IA | Tom Harkin | Apr 14, 2008 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Apr 15, 2008 | |
| R-GA | Saxby Chambliss | Apr 16, 2008 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Apr 21, 2008 | |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | Apr 24, 2008 | |
| R-NC | Elizabeth Dole | May 6, 2008 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 18, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Dec 18, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S15920-15921)
- Dec 18, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S15920)
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1237 | Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2008 | Related bill | Apr 9, 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 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 18, 2007Introduced in Senate
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