Fair Lab Payments Act

Summary

Fair Lab Payments Act - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide that payments with respect to covered diagnostic lab tests shall be 100 percent of the established payment rate. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish payment rates which shall be considered the full charge for low-cost diagnostic tests (tests which cost $15 or less, increased or decreased annually according to the Consumer Price Index).

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Timeline

1. 20 May 1983

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 20 May 1983

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 23 May 1983

   Committee

   Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department, Health and Human Services Department.

   Source: Committee

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 20 May 1983

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Proxmire, William [D-WI] · D · Sponsor
• · ssfi00 · Standing

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