H.R. 3248 · 118th Congress

Diagnostic Lab Testing Transparency Act

Introduced on May 11, 2023 by Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-1). One cosponsor. Latest action (Dec 17, 2024): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
May 11, 2023
Cosponsors
1
1 from the other party
Policy area
Health
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase price transparency of clinical diagnostic laboratory tests under the Medicare program.

Subjects

  • Civil actions and liability
  • Health care costs and insurance
  • Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Mariannette Miller-MeeksR-IA-1Sponsor

Democrats · 1

Roll calls

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History

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  1. May 11, 2023Introduced in House
  2. May 11, 2023Introduced in House
  3. May 11, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  4. May 11, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  5. May 12, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  6. Dec 17, 2024 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS9 reports
    $1.5M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS$18M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  2. ARUP Laboratories, Inc.5 reports
    $150K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: ARUP LABORATORIES INC$10.9M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  3. QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED5 reports
    $2.3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED$67.1M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  4. American Clinical Laboratory Assn2 reports
    $919.5K reported (all issues)
  5. Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings2 reports
    $250K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA$7M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  6. OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION1 report
    $200K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2023, 2024, 2025.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 5, 2026 · loaded Oct 5, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.