Medicare Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Fee Schedule Modernization Act of 2009
Latest action · Mar 12, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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.
- IntroducedMar 11, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Medicare Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Fee Schedule Modernization Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish a negotiated rulemaking committee to negotiate and develop a proposed rule for a Medicare modernized clinical diagnostic laboratory fee schedule; (2) report to Congress on the fee schedule; and (3) promulgate final regulations to establish it if the committee reaches consensus.
Directs the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) to report to Congress its own recommendations according to whether or not the committee does reach consensus.
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish as $6.04 for 2010 (and the preceding year's amount adjusted for inflation for subsequent years) the fee for collecting specimens for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests under the Medicare program.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 11, 2009 to Mar 9, 2010, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | Michael C. Burgess | Original | Mar 11, 2009 |
| R-FL | C. W. Bill Young | Mar 19, 2009 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Mar 24, 2009 | |
| D-VA | Rick Boucher | Mar 30, 2009 | |
| R-VA | Bob Goodlatte | Apr 28, 2009 | |
| R-NE | Lee Terry | May 5, 2009 | |
| D-MO | Russ Carnahan | May 11, 2009 | |
| R-IA | Tom Latham | Jun 3, 2009 | |
| D-IA | Leonard L. Boswell | Jun 9, 2009 | |
| R-MI | Fred Upton | Jun 23, 2009 | |
| D-IA | Bruce L. Braley | Mar 9, 2010 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 12, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 11, 2009Introduced in House
- Mar 11, 2009Referred to House Energy and Commerce
- Mar 11, 2009Referred to House Ways and Means
- Mar 11, 2009Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Subjects
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- Mar 11, 2009Introduced in House
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