US Congress House Bill 1894 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 106-26-1)
Status: Introduced on April 2 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-04-21 - 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. Neil Abercrombie [D-HI]	Rep. Jason Altmire [D-PA]	Rep. Robert Andrews [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Arcuri [D-NY]
Rep. Joe Baca [D-CA]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Rep. John Barrow [D-GA]	Rep. Shelley Berkley [D-NV]
Rep. Howard Berman [D-CA]	Rep. Judy Biggert [R-IL]	Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]
Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Rep. Leonard Boswell [D-IA]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]
Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Russ Carnahan [D-MO]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Ben Chandler [D-KY]
Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]
Rep. John Culberson [R-TX]	Rep. Kathleen Dahlkemper [D-PA]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]
Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Steve Driehaus [D-OH]
Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Brad Ellsworth [D-IN]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Eni Faleomavaega [D-AS]
Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]	Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]	Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]
Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Jane Harman [D-CA]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]	Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]
Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Steve Kagen [D-WI]	Rep. Patrick Kennedy [D-RI]
Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick [D-MI]	Rep. Mary Kilroy [D-OH]	Rep. Larry Kissell [D-NC]	Rep. Ron Klein [D-FL]
Rep. Suzanne Kosmas [D-FL]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Tom Latham [R-IA]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Donald Manzullo [R-IL]	Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]	Rep. Betsy Markey [D-CO]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]
Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R-MI]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]
Rep. Kendrick Meek [D-FL]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. Candice Miller [R-MI]
Rep. George Miller [D-CA]	Rep. Dennis Moore [D-KS]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]
Rep. Sue Myrick [R-NC]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. James Oberstar [D-MN]	Rep. John Olver [D-MA]
Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Ron Paul [R-TX]	Rep. Erik Paulsen [R-MN]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]
Rep. Pedro Pierluisi [N-PR]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Joseph Pitts [R-PA]	Rep. Todd Platts [R-PA]
Rep. Denny Rehberg [R-MT]	Rep. Laura Richardson [D-CA]	Rep. Steven Rothman [D-NJ]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Jean Schmidt [R-OH]	Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]
Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]	Rep. Joe Sestak [D-PA]
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]
Rep. Betty Sutton [D-OH]	Rep. John Tanner [D-TN]	Rep. Lee Terry [R-NE]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]
Rep. Todd Tiahrt [R-KS]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]
Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Diane Watson [D-CA]	Rep. Anthony Weiner [D-NY]
Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Robert Wexler [D-FL]	Rep. Ed Whitfield [R-KY]	Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]
Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]

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	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/1894/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr1894/BILLS-111hr1894ih.pdf