United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 4257 (108th)
Critical Access to Clinical Lab Services Act of 2004
Introduced
30 April 2004
Last action
4 May 2004 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sponsors
Rep. Otter, C. L. (Butch) [R-ID-1], Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8], Michael Simpson, COLLIN PETERSON, Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-7], Rep. Marshall, Jim [D-GA-8], Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large], Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-22], Rep. Ross, Mike [D-AR-4], Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. Kennedy, Mark R. [R-MN-6], Rep. Bereuter, Doug [R-NE-1], Rep. Nethercutt, George R., Jr. [R-WA-5], Bennie Thompson, Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT], Rep. Gillmor, Paul E. [R-OH-5], Marsha Blackburn, Rep. Carson, Brad [D-OK-2], Rep. Emerson, Jo Ann [R-MO-8], Rep. Osborne, Tom [R-NE-3], Harold Rogers, Rep. Costello, Jerry F. [D-IL-21], Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1], Rep. Chandler, Ben [D-KY-6], Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4], Jerry Moran, Rep. Rehberg, Denny [R-MT-At Large], Rep. Skelton, Ike [D-MO-4], GREG WALDEN
Subjects
Healthcare
Source updated
18 August 2025
Summary
Critical Access to Clinical Lab Services Act of 2004 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide that 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: (1) the individual for whom the services are furnished is physically present in the critical access hospital at the time the specimen is collected; (2) such individual is registered as an outpatient on the records of, and receives such services directly from, the critical access hospital; or (3) payment is available for such services under the fee schedule established for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests.
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Timeline
30 April 2004
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
30 April 2004
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
30 April 2004
Introduced
Referred 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.
Source: IntroReferral
30 April 2004
Introduced
Referred 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.
Source: IntroReferral
4 May 2004
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 30 April 2004 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 30 April 2004
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 30 April 2004
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 30 April 2004
Sponsors
- Rep. Otter, C. L. (Butch) [R-ID-1] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8] · D · Sponsor
- Michael Simpson · R · Sponsor
- COLLIN PETERSON · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-7] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Marshall, Jim [D-GA-8] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-22] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Ross, Mike [D-AR-4] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Kennedy, Mark R. [R-MN-6] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Bereuter, Doug [R-NE-1] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Nethercutt, George R., Jr. [R-WA-5] · R · Sponsor
- Bennie Thompson · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] · I · Cosponsor
- Rep. Gillmor, Paul E. [R-OH-5] · R · Cosponsor
- Marsha Blackburn · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Carson, Brad [D-OK-2] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Emerson, Jo Ann [R-MO-8] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Osborne, Tom [R-NE-3] · R · Cosponsor
- Harold Rogers · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Costello, Jerry F. [D-IL-21] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Chandler, Ben [D-KY-6] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4] · R · Cosponsor
- Jerry Moran · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Rehberg, Denny [R-MT-At Large] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Skelton, Ike [D-MO-4] · D · Cosponsor
- GREG WALDEN · R · Cosponsor
- · hswm00 · Standing
- · hsif00 · Standing
Related records
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/house-bill/4257
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4257
- us · 108-hr-4257 · source updated 18 August 2025