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.".