H.R. 6118 · 112th Congress
Taking Essential Steps for Testing Act of 2012
- Stage
- Signed by the president
- Sponsor
- Michael Grimm
- Introduced
- 2012-07-12
- Latest action
- 2012-12-04 · Signed by President.
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Taking Essential Steps for Testing Act of 2012 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise sanctions for laboratories that intentionally refer proficiency testing samples required for certification to another laboratory for analysis by: (1) giving the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) discretion to substitute intermediate sanctions for such violations instead of the two-year prohibition against ownership or operation which would otherwise apply, and (2) making the one-year certificate revocation for such a laboratory optional rather than mandatory.