Increasing Access to Osteoporosis Testing for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2019
Latest action · Jan 30, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 30, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Increasing Access to Osteoporosis Testing for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2019
This bill specifies that certain Medicare payment rules applicable to imaging services shall apply to dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry services used in bone mass scans beginning in 2019.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must establish national minimum payment amounts for such services.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 30, 2019 to Sep 21, 2020; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Feb 5, 2019 | |
| R-LA | John Kennedy | Feb 14, 2019 | |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Apr 2, 2019 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Jun 11, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Jul 23, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Oct 22, 2019 | |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Oct 28, 2019 | |
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Oct 31, 2019 | |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Nov 14, 2019 | |
| R-AZ | Martha McSally | Jan 7, 2020 | |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Sep 21, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Jan 30, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 30, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Jan 30, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to, and utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits under part B of the Medicare program by establishing a minimum payment amount under such part for bone mass measurement.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Increasing Access to Osteoporosis Testing for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 30, 2019Introduced in Senate
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