S. 1000 · 118th Congress

Saving Access to Laboratory Services Act

Introduced on Mar 28, 2023 by Sherrod Brown (D-OH). 5 cosponsors, 3 of them from another party. Latest action (Mar 28, 2023): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Mar 28, 2023
Cosponsors
5
3 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

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the accuracy of market-based Medicare payment for clinical diagnostic laboratory services, to reduce administrative burdens in the collection of data, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
  • Government information and archives
  • Health care costs and insurance
  • Health information and medical records
  • Medical tests and diagnostic methods
  • Medicare

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

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

Sherrod BrownD-OHSponsor

Democrats · 2

Republicans · 3

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Mar 28, 2023Introduced in Senate
  2. Mar 28, 2023 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

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. Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings10 reports
    $1.8M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA$7M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  2. QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED10 reports
    $2.3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED$67.1M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  3. ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION10 reports
    $200K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION$89.1M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  4. ABBOTT LABORATORIES8 reports
    $9M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: ABBOTT LABORATORIES INC.$90M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  5. ADVANCED MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSN7 reports
    $6.5M reported (all issues)
  6. American Medical Technologists5 reports
    $50K reported (all issues)
  7. American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics5 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)
  8. Association of American Medical Colleges5 reports
    $3.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGESAI match · 100%
  9. COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS5 reports
    $868.1K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS$18M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  10. F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd5 reports
    $610K reported (all issues)
  11. Point of Care Testing Association5 reports
    $150K reported (all issues)
  12. Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.5 reports
    $2.2M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC (ASHEVILLE) LLC$2.2M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  13. ADVION (formerly National Association for the Support of Long Term Care)4 reports
    $344.9K reported (all issues)
  14. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF BIOANALYSTS4 reports
    $280K reported (all issues)
  15. AMERICAN CLINICAL LABORATORY ASSOCIATION4 reports
    $320K reported (all issues)
  16. AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MICROBIOLOGY4 reports
    $200K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MICROBIOLOGY$138.4K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  17. American Clinical Laboratory Assn3 reports
    $1.5M reported (all issues)
  18. Mayo Collaborative Services, Inc.3 reports
    $180K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: MAYO COLLABORATIVE SERVICES, INC.$5.2M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  19. ROCHESTER REGIONAL HEALTH2 reports
    $280K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: ROCHESTER REGIONAL HEALTHAI match · 98%
  20. American Medical Association1 report
    $5.7M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION$371K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  21. Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (formerly AACC)1 report
    $140K reported (all issues)
  22. Association for Molecular Pathology1 report
    $20K reported (all issues)
  23. BioReference Laboratories an OPKO Health Company1 report
    $25K reported (all issues)
  24. HealthCare Institute of New Jersey1 report
    $59.6K 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 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 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.