Consolidated 2020 Appropriations Act Includes PAMA Extender (Dec. 16, 2019)

As of December 16, 2019, the online version of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020 includes a PAMA extender amongst five or six Medicare extenders.

This was introduced as the LAB ACT (Laboratory Access for Beneficiaries) as H.R. 3584 in the House in June 2019 (here). Trade press here, here.

December 2019 omnibus bill, online here:

https://rules.house.gov/sites/democrats.rules.house.gov/files/BILLS-116HR1865SA-RCP116-44.PDF

See page 1428, HHS Division N, Medicare Subtitle A, PAMA, Section 105.