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42 U.S.C. 1395m-1: Improving policies for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests

Created in 2014 by the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-93). Changed by 7 later laws. 1 bill in this Congress would change it.

This Congress

  • H.R. 5269 RESULTS Act · introduced · would change (a), (b), (c), (h)

How it got here

2024

  • Pub. L. 118–83, §221(b)(1), substituted "2025" for "2024". (Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025) Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 118–83, §221(b)(2), substituted "2026" for "2025" in two places. (Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025) Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 118–83, §221(a)(1), substituted "2028" for "2027". (Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025) Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 118–83, §221(a)(2)(A), substituted "2025" for "2024". (Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025) Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 118–83, §221(a)(2)(B), substituted "2026 through 2028" for "2025 through 2027". (Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025) Law text · (b)

2023

  • Pub. L. 118–22, §502(b)(1), substituted "2024" for "2023". (Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024) Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 118–22, §502(b)(2), substituted "2025" for "2024" in two places. (Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024) Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 118–22, §502(a)(1), substituted "2027" for "2026". (Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024) Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 118–22, §502(a)(2)(A), substituted "2024" for "2023". (Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024) Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 118–22, §502(a)(2)(B), substituted "2025 through 2027" for "2024 through 2026". (Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024) Law text · (b)

2022

  • Pub. L. 117–328, §4114(b)(1), substituted "December 31, 2023" for "December 31, 2022". (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023) Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 117–328, §4114(b)(2), substituted "January 1, 2024" for "January 1, 2023" and "March 31, 2024" for "March 31, 2023". (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023) Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 117–328, §4114(a)(1), substituted "through 2026" for "through 2025". (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023) Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 117–328, §4114(a)(2)(A), substituted "through 2023" for "and 2022". (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023) Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 117–328, §4114(a)(2)(B), substituted "2024 through 2026" for "2023 through 2025". (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023) Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 117–286 substituted "chapter 10 of title 5" for "FACA" in heading and "chapter 10 of title 5." for "the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.)." in text. Law text · (f)

2021

  • Pub. L. 117–71, §4(b)(1), substituted "December 31, 2022" for "December 31, 2021". (Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act) Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 117–71, §4(b)(2), substituted "January 1, 2023" for "January 1, 2022" and "March 31, 2023" for "March 31, 2022". (Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act) Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 117–71, §4(a)(1), substituted "through 2025" for "through 2024". (Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act) Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 117–71, §4(a)(2)(A), substituted "for each of 2021 and 2022" for "for 2021". (Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act) Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 117–71, §4(a)(2)(B), substituted "2023 through 2025" for "2022 through 2024". (Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act) Law text · (b)

2020

  • Pub. L. 116–136, §3718(a)(1), substituted "December 31, 2021" for "December 31, 2020". (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act" or the "CARES Act) Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 116–136, §3718(a)(2), substituted "January 1, 2022" for "January 1, 2021" and "March 31, 2022" for "March 31, 2021". (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act" or the "CARES Act) Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 116–136, §3718(b)(1), substituted "through 2024" for "through 2023". (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act" or the "CARES Act) Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 116–136, §3718(b)(2), added cl. (ii), redesignated former cl. (ii) as (iii), and substituted "2022 through 2024" for "2021 through 2023" in cl. (iii). (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act" or the "CARES Act) Law text · (b)

2019

  • Pub. L. 116–94, §105(a)(1)(A), designated existing provisions as subpar. (A) and inserted heading, substituted "Subject to subparagraph (B), beginning January 1, 2016" for "Beginning January 1, 2016", inserted "(referred to in this subsection as the 'reporting period')" after "at a … (Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020) Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 116–94, §105(a)(1)(B), designated existing provisions as subpar. (A) and inserted heading, substituted "Subject to subparagraph (B), in this section" for "In this section", and added subpar. (B). (Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020) Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 116–94, §105(a)(2)(A), substituted "through 2023" for "through 2022". (Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020) Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 116–94, §105(a)(2)(B)(i), substituted "through 2020" for "through 2019". (Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020) Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 116–94, §105(a)(2)(B)(ii), substituted "2021 through 2023" for "2020 through 2022". (Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020) Law text · (b)

Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.