,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hdif  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #a1         
#bjbj,ms4 ,sherrill 7for herself1 ,ms4  
,del,bene1 ,ms4 ,sewell of ,alabama1    
,mr4 ,thompson of ,mississippi1 ,mr4    
,engel1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,suozzi1 and 
,mr4 ,danny ,k4 ,davis of ,illinois7    
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,commerce1 and in addition to the   
,committee on ,ways and ,means1 for a   
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title ,,xviii of the ,social      
,security ,act to revise payment amounts
 for results of ,,covid-#ai ,,pcr       
diagnostic panels1 to require           
laboratories to furnish the results of  
such panels within #bh days as a        
condition of participation under such   
title1 and for other purposes4  #a4     

,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,strictly ,pay for ,efficient and   
,expedited ,delivery of ,your           
,,covid-#ai ,tests ,act or the ,,speedy 
,,covid-#ai ,tests ,act4  #b4 ,revision 
to payment amounts for results of       
,,covid-#ai ,,pcr diagnostic panels  7a7
 ,in general ,section #ahcd;,a of the   
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#aciem-#a7 is amended by adding at the  
end the following new subsection3  7j7  
,payment for delayed results of         
,,covid-#ai ,,pcr diagnostic panels     
7#a7 ,in general ,in the case of a      
clinical diagnostic laboratory test that
 is the ,,cdc #bjai ,novel ,coronavirus 
7#bjai-n,co,v7 ,real-,time ,reverse     
,transcriptase 7,,rt7-,,pcr ,diagnostic 
,panel1 during the emergency period     
described in section #aace7;g77#a77;,b7 
beginning of the date of the enactment  
of this subsection1 subject to paragraph
 7#b71 if the laboratory furnishes the  
result of such test to the physician or 
provider of services from which such    

test was ordered-- 7,a7 during the      
period that is not more than #bd hours  
after such test was so ordered1 the     
amount of payment for such test shall be
 #abe percent of the amount of payment  
under this section on the date of the   
enactment of this subsection2  7,b7     
during the period that is more than #bd 
hours and less than #dh hours after such
 test was so ordered1 the amount of     
payment for such test shall be #ajj     
percent of the amount of payment under  
this section on the date of the         
enactment of this subsection2  7,c7     
during the period that is more than #dh 
hours and less than #gb hours after such
 test was so ordered1 payment for such  
test shall be #ajj percent of the amount
 of payment under this section on the   
first date of such emergency period2 and
  7,d7 during the period that is at     
least #gb hours after such test was so  
ordered1 payment may not be made for    
such test under this section4  7#b7     
,exception for ,,covid-#ai ,,pcr        

diagnostic panels furnished in rural and
 medically underserved areas ,in the    
case of a physician or provider of      
services that furnishes a test described
 in paragraph 7#a7 in a rural or        
medically underserved area1 for purposes
 of determining the applicable period   
under such paragraph1 the number of     
hours from which the laboratory         
furnished the result of the test to the 
physician or provider of services after 
such test was ordered shall be reduced  
by #cf hours4  4  7b7 ,conforming       
amendment ,section #ahcd;,a of the      
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#aciem-#a71 as amended by subsection    
7a71 is further amended-- 7#a7 in       
subsection 7b7-- 7,a7 in paragraph      
7#a77;,a71 by striking ,subject to      
paragraph 7#c7 and subsections 7c7 and  
7d7 and inserting ,subject to paragraph 
7#c7 and subsections 7c71 7d71 and 7j72 
and  7,b7 in paragraph 7#c71 by striking
 ,payment and inserting ,subject to     
subsection 7j71 payment2  7#b7 in       

subsection 7c77#a71 by inserting subject
 to subsection 7j71 before payment2 and 
7#c7 in subsection 7d7-- 7,a7 in        
paragraph 7#a77;,a71 by inserting       
subject to subsection 7j71 before the   
payment amount2 and  7,b7 in paragraph  
7#c71 by striking ,subject to paragraph 
7#d7 and inserting ,subject to paragraph
 7#d7 and subsection 7j74  #c4          
,condition of participation for         
laboratories to furnish the results of  
,,covid-#ai ,,pcr diagnostic panels     
within #bh days ,section #ahff7;a77#a7  
of the ,social ,security ,act 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #acie;cc7a77#a77 is amended-- 
7#a7 in subparagraph 7,y77ii7-- 7,a7 in 
subclause 7,,iv77bb71 by striking at the
 end and2 and  7,b7 in subclause 7,v71  
by striking the period at the end and   
inserting 2 and2 and  7#b7 by inserting 
after subparagraph 7,y77ii77,v7 the     
following new subparagraph3  7,z7 in the
 case of a laboratory that receives an  
order from a physician or provider of   
services to furnish the result of a test

 described in section #ahcd;,a7j77#a7   
during the emergency period described in
 section #aace7;g77#a77;,b71 to furnish 
the result to the physician or provider 
of services from which such test was    
ordered during the period that is #bh   
days after such test was so ordered4  4