Increasing Access to Osteoporosis Testing for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2021
Latest action · May 26, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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.
- 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; 4 are original cosponsors, there from 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 | |
| D-GU | Michael F. Q. San Nicolas | Jun 11, 2021 | |
| R-MN | Tom Emmer | Jun 21, 2021 | |
| R-NE | Adrian Smith | Jun 30, 2021 | |
| R-OH | Brad R. Wenstrup | Jun 30, 2021 | |
| R-OK | Tom Cole | Jun 30, 2021 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Jul 9, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Jul 9, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Jul 9, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Jul 16, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Jul 20, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Antonio Delgado | Jul 26, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jul 26, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Jul 26, 2021 | |
| R-AR | J. French Hill | Jul 27, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Jul 28, 2021 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Jul 28, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Al Lawson, Jr. | Aug 23, 2021 | |
| R-OH | Bill Johnson | Aug 23, 2021 | |
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Aug 23, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Aug 23, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Aug 23, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Aug 23, 2021 | |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Aug 27, 2021 | |
| R-GA | Earl L. "Buddy" Carter | Sep 7, 2021 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Sep 7, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | Sep 7, 2021 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Sep 7, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Sep 7, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Tony Gonzales | Sep 10, 2021 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Sep 14, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Colin Z. Allred | Sep 20, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Oct 8, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Ronny Jackson | Oct 8, 2021 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Oct 20, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Brian Babin | Oct 20, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Oct 28, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Nov 12, 2021 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Nov 12, 2021 | |
| D-NM | Teresa Leger Fernandez | Nov 12, 2021 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Nov 17, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Nov 18, 2021 | |
| R-FL | Neal P. Dunn | Nov 30, 2021 | |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Dec 14, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Carolyn Bourdeaux | Apr 25, 2022 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | May 11, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | May 17, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | May 17, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | May 24, 2022 | |
| R-WA | Jaime Herrera Beutler | Jun 3, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Jun 3, 2022 | |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Jun 7, 2022 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Jun 8, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Jul 20, 2022 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Jul 21, 2022 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Aug 12, 2022 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Aug 30, 2022 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Sep 28, 2022 | |
| D-OH | Shontel M. Brown | Sep 28, 2022 | |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Oct 28, 2022 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred May 25, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred May 26, 2021 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred May 25, 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 91, May 25, 2021, page H2668.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 25, 2021Introduced in House
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