3.0.0 1548 2023-01-11T13:18:12Z 2023-01-11T13:18:12Z Senate S S 2009-07-30 111 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-07-30T22:16:22Z Access to America's Orthopaedic Services Act of 2009 111 1021 HR 2009-02-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation. Related bill CRS 2009-07-30 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2009-07-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD N B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2009-07-30 True C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2010-05-13 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2010-06-10 False B001261 Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] John Barrasso R WY 2010-11-17 False Health Accidents Administrative law and regulatory procedures Aging Cell biology and embryology Child health Dental care Department of Health and Human Services Education programs funding Emergency medical services and trauma care Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health information and medical records Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Health technology, devices, supplies Licensing and registrations Medicaid Medical education Medical research Medical tests and diagnostic methods Medicare Minority health Musculoskeletal and skin diseases Organ and tissue donation and transplantation Physical fitness and lifestyle Poverty and welfare assistance Research administration and funding Women's health Worker safety and health Health 00 2009-07-30 Introduced in Senate 2010-01-05T14:29:39Z Access to America's Orthopaedic Services Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish criteria for accounting and reporting the effort expended by researchers on musculoskeletal research funded with certain grants.

Sets forth reporting requirements related to musculoskeletal health, including on: (1) research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH); (2) federal programs and activities relating to musculoskeletal trauma care; (3) a standard unit for the measurement of bone mass under the Medicare program; (4) access to orthopaedic services by certain federal health program beneficiaries; and (5) childhood musculoskeletal diseases, conditions, and injuries in the United States.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network to establish the Transplantation Transmission Sentinel Network to track disease transmission from organ, tissue, or eye transplants.

Requires the Secretary to issue regulations relating to the accreditation of: (1) establishments engaged in the manufacture of human cells, tissues, and cellular and tissue-based products; and (2) personnel who participate in related activities.

Requires the Secretary to conduct studies related to: (1) a national registry of artificial joint replacements in Medicare beneficiaries; (2) severe trauma to extremities resulting from motor vehicle crashes; (3) workplace-related musculoskeletal injuries and conditions; (4) funding available for graduate medical education in orthopaedics; (5) methods for measuring bone mass in Medicare beneficiaries; and (6) aging in the United States.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) conduct a national public awareness program on musculoskeletal health; and (2) award grants for certain health and aging activities for seniors.

Provides for priority treatment of musculoskeletal diseases and conditions within the Office of Minority Health.

]]> Access to America's Orthopaedic Services Act of 2009 Display Title Access to America's Orthopaedic Services Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve research, diagnosis, and treatment of musculoskeletal diseases, conditions, and injuries, to conduct a longitudinal study on aging, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Access to America's Orthopaedic Services Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-07-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1548is/xml/BILLS-111s1548is.xml 2009-07-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.