United States · Bill · S
S. 236 (109th)
Critical Access to Clinical Lab Services Act of 2005
Introduced
1 February 2005
Last action
1 February 2005 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsors
Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE], Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME], Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA], Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA], Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND], Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND], Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE], Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL], Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN], Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA], Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD], Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO], Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN], Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Subjects
Healthcare
Source updated
15 August 2025
Summary
Critical Access to Clinical Lab Services Act of 2005 - 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
1 February 2005
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Source: IntroReferral
1 February 2005
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S744-745)
Source: IntroReferral
1 February 2005
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 1 February 2005 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] · R · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/senate-bill/236
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/236
- us · 109-s-236 · source updated 15 August 2025