Sen. William R. Haine

Filed: 3/4/2013

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1630

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1630 on page 3,
3immediately below line 25, by inserting:
4    "(i) This Section does not prohibit a referring physician
5who takes a patient specimen from charging a patient or a payer
6an acquisition or processing charge when:
7        (a) the charge is limited to actual costs incurred for
8    specimen collection and transportation;
9        (b) the charge is separately coded or denoted as a
10    service distinct from the performance of the anatomic
11    pathology service, in conformance with the coding policies
12    of the American Medical Association; and
13        (c) the patient, if billed, is notified in advance of
14    the charge.
15    (j) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit
16a referring physician from sending a patient's specimen to any
17laboratory providing anatomic pathology services."; and
 

 

 

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1on page 6, immediately below line 22, by inserting:
2    "(i) This Section does not prohibit a referring physician
3who takes a patient specimen from charging a patient or a payer
4an acquisition or processing charge when:
5        (a) the charge is limited to actual costs incurred for
6    specimen collection and transportation;
7        (b) the charge is separately coded or denoted as a
8    service distinct from the performance of the anatomic
9    pathology service, in conformance with the coding policies
10    of the American Medical Association; and
11        (c) the patient, if billed, is notified in advance of
12    the charge.
13    (j) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit
14a referring physician from sending a patient's specimen to any
15laboratory providing anatomic pathology services.".