S. 3391 · 112th Congress
TEST Act
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Taking Essential Steps for Testing Act or the TEST Act - 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…
What it does: CRS summary · Reported to Senate without amendment · Sep 19, 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 or the TEST Act - 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: TEST Act
Also known as: Taking Essential Steps for Testing Act
Latest action (Sep 19, 2012): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 520.
Policy area: Health · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jul 17, 2012
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.