US Congress House Bill 1894 (Prior Session Legislation)

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April 21 2009 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Medicare Fracture Prevention and Osteoporosis Testing Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a national minimum payment amount for CPT code 77080 (relating to dual energy x-ray absorptiometry, or DXA, the most widely accepted method of measuring bone mass to predict fracture risk) and CPT code 77082 (relating to vertebral fracture assessment, or VFA), and any successor to such codes as identified by the Secretary (bone mass scans). Directs the Secretary to arrange with the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies to study and report to the Secretary and Congress on: (1) the ramifications of Medicare reimbursement reductions for DXA and VFA on beneficiary access to bone mass measurement benefits; and (2) the methods to increase use of bone mass measurement by Medicare beneficiaries.

Medicare Fracture Prevention and Osteoporosis Testing Act of 2009

Rep Meek, Kendrick B.	Rep Speier, Jackie	Rep Thompson, Mike	Rep Titus, Dina
Rep Walz, Timothy J.	Rep Watson, Diane E.	Rep Wexler, Robert	Rep Woolsey, Lynn C.
Rep Yarmuth, John A.	Rep Kilpatrick, Carolyn C.	Rep McGovern, James P.	Rep Meeks, Gregory W.
Rep Platts, Todd Russell	Rep Blackburn, Marsha	Rep Burgess, Michael C.	Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh
Rep Shea-Porter, Carol	Rep Sestak, Joe	Rep Michaud, Michael H.	Rep Moore, Dennis
Rep Moore, Gwen	Rep Olver, John W.	Rep Payne, Donald M.	Rep Pierluisi, Pedro R.
Rep Pingree, Chellie	Rep Richardson, Laura	Rep Rothman, Steven R.	Rep Roybal-Allard, Lucille
Rep Sanchez, Linda T.	Rep Schwartz, Allyson Y.	Rep Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"	Rep Serrano, Jose E.
Rep Culberson, John Abney	Rep Kosmas, Suzanne M.	Rep Markey, Betsy	Rep Miller, Candice S.
Rep Moran, Jerry	Rep Myrick, Sue Wilkins	Rep Paulsen, Erik	Rep Rehberg, Denny
Rep Tanner, John S.	Rep Terry, Lee	Rep Tiahrt, Todd	Rep Gohmert, Louie
Rep Biggert, Judy	Rep Forbes, J. Randy	Rep Pitts, Joseph R.	Rep Schmidt, Jean
Rep Manzullo, Donald A.	Rep Latham, Tom	Rep Kissell, Larry	Rep Marchant, Kenny
Rep McMorris Rodgers, Cathy	Rep Paul, Ron	Rep Sessions, Pete	Rep Boozman, John
Rep McCotter, Thaddeus G.	Rep Napolitano, Grace F.	Rep Faleomavaega, Eni F.H.	Rep Klein, Ron
Rep Altmire, Jason	Rep Chandler, Ben	Rep Crowley, Joseph	Rep Ellsworth, Brad
Rep Jenkins, Lynn	Rep Whitfield, Ed	Rep McDermott, Jim	Rep Frank, Barney
Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr.	Rep Schakowsky, Janice D.	Rep Sherman, Brad	Rep Sutton, Betty
Rep Tsongas, Niki	Rep Wasserman Schultz, Debbie	Rep Weiner, Anthony D.	Rep Welch, Peter
Rep Andrews, Robert E.	Rep Arcuri, Michael A.	Rep Baca, Joe	Rep Baldwin, Tammy
Rep Berkley, Shelley	Rep Berman, Howard L.	Rep Matsui, Doris O.	Rep Kilroy, Mary Jo
Rep Kagen, Steve	Rep Miller, George	Rep Oberstar, James L.	Rep Towns, Edolphus
Rep Abercrombie, Neil	Rep Barrow, John	Rep Capps, Lois	Rep Castor, Kathy
Rep Connolly, Gerald E. "Gerry"	Rep Dahlkemper, Kathleen A.	Rep DeGette, Diana	Rep Engel, Eliot L.
Rep Green, Gene	Rep Harman, Jane	Rep Hinojosa, Ruben	Rep Bishop, Timothy H.
Rep Boswell, Leonard L.	Rep Hastings, Alcee L.	Rep Higgins, Brian	Rep Hinchey, Maurice D.
Rep Hirono, Mazie K.	Rep Israel, Steve	Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr.	Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila
Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice	Rep Kennedy, Patrick J.	Rep Larson, John B.	Rep Lee, Barbara
Rep Lewis, John	Rep Lofgren, Zoe	Rep Lowey, Nita M.	Rep Grijalva, Raul M.
Rep Gonzalez, Charles A.	Rep Farr, Sam	Rep Brown, Corrine	Rep Carnahan, Russ
Rep Christensen, Donna M.	Rep Clarke, Yvette D.	Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy	Rep Cohen, Steve
Rep Conyers, John, Jr.	Rep Courtney, Joe	Rep Davis, Danny K.	Rep Davis, Susan A.
Rep DeFazio, Peter A.	Rep DeLauro, Rosa L.	Rep Driehaus, Steve	Rep Edwards, Donna F.
Rep Maloney, Carolyn B.

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-04-21		Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2009-04-02		Referred to House Ways and Means
2009-04-02		Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2009-04-02		Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

SB769 (Related) 2009-04-01 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HN01894:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-111hr1894ih/pdf/BILLS-111hr1894ih.pdf