US HB2461 | 2011-2012 | 112th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 8-2-1)
Status: Introduced on July 8 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-07-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on July 8 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-07-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), with regard to a laboratory-furnished technical component of certain physician pathology services, to treat such component as a service for which payment shall be made to the laboratory, and not as an inpatient hospital or hospital outpatient service for which payment is made to the hospital.
Title
Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act of 2011
Sponsors
| Rep. Geoff Davis [R-KY] | Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL] | Rep. Eric Crawford [R-AR] | Rep. Tim Griffin [R-AR] |
| Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS] | Rep. Tom Latham [R-IA] | Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA] | Rep. Pedro Pierluisi [N-PR] |
| Rep. Mike Ross [D-AR] | Rep. Steve Womack [R-AR] | Rep. Don Young [R-AK] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2011-07-15 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| 2011-07-12 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| 2011-07-08 | House | Referred to House Ways and Means |
| 2011-07-08 | House | Referred to House Energy and Commerce |
| 2011-07-08 | House | 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. |
Same As/Similar To
SB1967 (Same As) 2011-12-08 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/2461/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr2461/BILLS-112hr2461ih.pdf |
