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House Insurance Committee approves bill repealing 72-hour lab-result hold and aligning API deadline with CMS
Summary
The committee approved House Bill 869 to undo a 72-hour hold on certain lab tests from last year's electronic health record law and to align insurance API deadlines with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implementation dates through 2027. The vote was 14-0.
The House Insurance Committee on April 8 approved House Bill 869 to amend last year's electronic health record law by repealing a 72-hour hold on certain laboratory tests and aligning the deadline for insurers to implement application programming interfaces (APIs) with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implementation dates.
"This bill fixes the . . . issue by repealing the 72 hour hold on certain lab tests, and we make sure that Tennesseeans receive their lab results in a timely manner without unintended government delays," Representative…
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