CEO SUMMARY: On January 1, New York State began to tax lab tests performed by free-standing laboratories with an 8.18% surcharge. The New York State Clinical Laboratory Association took its message directly to the public. Laboratories in New York State created enough consumer protest that legislators introduced bills in both chambers to exempt free-standing laboratories […]
Legislators May Repeal New York Lab Surcharge
Six months of hearing from unhappy constituents stimulates state lawmakers to consider repeal
- By Robert Michel
- > From the Volume IV No. 10 - July 14, 1997 Issue
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