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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012 | |
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RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LABORATORIES | |
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Introduced By: Representative Arthur Handy | |
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Date Introduced: February 01, 2012 | |
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Referred To: House Corporations | |
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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SECTION 1. Section 23-16.2-5.1 of the General Laws in Chapter 23-16.2 entitled |
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"Laboratories" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
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23-16.2-5.1. Payment for services rendered by clinical laboratories -- Commissions, |
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rebates, and fees -- Use of laboratory's name. -- (a) It shall be unlawful for any purveyor of |
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clinical laboratory services, directly or indirectly, through any person, firm, corporation, or |
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association, or its officers or agents, to bill or receive payment, reimbursement, compensation, or |
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fee from any person other than the recipient of the services, the recipient being the person upon |
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whom the clinical services have been or will be rendered. |
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(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall be inapplicable to payment by: |
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(1) A legal relative of the recipient of the services; |
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(2) An insurance carrier designated by the recipient of the services; |
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(3) A hospital on behalf of an in-patient or out-patient of the hospital having been the |
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recipient of the services; |
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(4) One purveyor to another purveyor for actual services rendered; |
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(5) An industrial firm only for its own employees; |
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(6) A trade union health facility only for its registered patients; |
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(7) Governmental agencies and/or their specified public or private agent, agency, or |
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organization on behalf of the recipient of the services. |
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(c) A clinical laboratory shall not offer or give a commission, rebate or other fee, or any |
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other in-kind service or subsidized service directly or indirectly, to any person as consideration |
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for the referral of a specimen derived from a human body to a clinical laboratory for examination |
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by the laboratory. |
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(d) A clinical laboratory shall not solicit or accept a commission, rebate, or other fee, |
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directly or indirectly, from any person as consideration for the referral of a specimen derived |
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from the human body to a clinical laboratory for examination by the laboratory. |
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(e) A clinical laboratory shall not lend the use of the name of a clinical laboratory or a |
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licensed hospital or clinic, or any other employee of the laboratory or institution, to an unlicensed |
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clinical laboratory. |
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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This act would prohibit clinical laboratories from offering or giving as consideration for a |
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referral any in-kind service or subsidized service. |
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This act would take effect upon passage. |
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