Congress
Congress Introduces Legislation to Update PAMA Lab Reporting Requirements
Called the Saving Access to Laboratory Services Act (SALSA), the bill would require CMS to calculate rates based on statistical sampling of lab prices.
One of the bill's main proponents, Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., nonetheless, voted against it and questioned giving FDA new authority in light of recent agency struggles.
Senate Releases Updated Version of VALID Act Attached to MDUFA Legislative Package
Observers have predicted that the MDUFA legislation could be a vehicle for passing the VALID Act, which would give FDA authority over laboratory-developed tests.
ACMG Survey Finds Laboratory Geneticists Have Concerns Over Proposed Changes to LDT Regulation
Lab geneticists are raising concerns as the US Congress is expected to take up a bill that would change how the Food and Drug Administration oversees LDTs.
A bill sponsor said he hopes to attach the act to other must-pass legislation while members of the Senate Health Committee have begun a detailed review of the law.