Increasing Access to Osteoporosis Testing for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2021
Latest action · May 26, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
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- IntroducedMay 25, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Increasing Access to Osteoporosis Testing for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2021
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 2022.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must establish national minimum payment amounts for such services.
Cosponsors 74
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 25, 2021 to Oct 28, 2022, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IN | Jackie Walorski | Original | May 25, 2021 |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Original | May 25, 2021 |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Original | May 25, 2021 |
| R-TX | Michael C. Burgess | Original | May 25, 2021 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | May 28, 2021 | |
| R-PA | Daniel Meuser | May 28, 2021 | |
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | May 28, 2021 | |
| R-MO | Jason Smith | May 28, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | May 28, 2021 | |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | May 28, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | May 28, 2021 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | May 28, 2021 | |
| R-IN | Trey Hollingsworth | May 28, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Jun 11, 2021 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Jun 11, 2021 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 26, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- May 25, 2021Introduced in House
- May 25, 2021Referred 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.
Subjects
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- May 25, 2021Introduced in House
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