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H.R. 6118 · 112th Congress

Taking Essential Steps for Testing Act of 2012

Law · 112-202 · Dec 4, 2012
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MGR GrimmSponsor
13 cosponsors · 3 D, 10 R
MRD Ross PRR Roskam SWR Womack SAR Austria MBR Burgess PTR Tiberi SSR Stivers TGR Griffin RPR Paul SDR Duffy RRR Ribble TWD Walz DLD Lipinski

3 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

  1. House Introduced Jul 12, 2012
  2. House Passed Sep 19, 2012
  3. Senate Passed Nov 14, 2012
  4. President To the President Nov 28, 2012
  5. President Signed Dec 4, 2012
  6. Law Dec 4, 2012

Taking Essential Steps for Testing Act of 2012 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise sanctions for laboratories that intentionally refer proficiency testing samples required for certification to another laboratory for analysis by: (1) giving the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) discretion to substitute intermediate sanctions for such…

What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · Dec 4, 2012

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Taking Essential Steps for Testing Act of 2012 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise sanctions for laboratories that intentionally refer proficiency testing samples required for certification to another laboratory for analysis by: (1) giving the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) discretion to substitute intermediate sanctions for such violations instead of the two-year prohibition against ownership or operation which would otherwise apply, and (2) making the one-year certificate revocation for such a laboratory optional rather than mandatory.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Taking Essential Steps for Testing Act of 2012

Latest action (Dec 4, 2012): Became Public Law No: 112-202.

Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: Jul 12, 2012

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

  1. House Introduced Jul 12, 2012
  2. House Passed Sep 19, 2012
  3. Senate Passed Nov 14, 2012
  4. President To the President Nov 28, 2012
  5. President Signed Dec 4, 2012
  6. Law Dec 4, 2012

No recorded floor vote found.