[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 417 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 417

 To amend title 5, United States Code, to ensure that coverage of bone 
  mass measurements is provided under the health benefits program for 
                           Federal employees.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 14, 2003

  Ms. Snowe (for herself, Mr. Harkin, Mrs. Murray, and Ms. Landrieu) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                   Committee on Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 5, United States Code, to ensure that coverage of bone 
  mass measurements is provided under the health benefits program for 
                           Federal employees.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Osteoporosis Federal Employee Health 
Benefits Standardization Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF BONE MASS MEASUREMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 8902 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(p)(1) A contract may not be made or a plan approved that does 
not include coverage for bone mass measurement in the case of a 
qualified individual.
    ``(2) In this subsection, the terms `bone mass measurement' and 
`qualified individual' shall each have the meaning given under section 
1861(rr) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x), except that--
            ``(A) section 1861(rr)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 
        U.S.C. 1395x(2)) shall be applied by substituting `the Director 
        of the Office of Personnel Management' for `the Secretary'; and
            ``(B) standards regarding the frequency with which a 
        qualified individual shall be eligible to be provided benefits 
        for bone mass measurement under a health benefits plan under 
        this chapter shall be established by the Director in 
        consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human 
        Services.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to bone mass measurements performed on or after such date as the 
Office of Personnel Management shall determine, except that such date 
shall in no event be earlier than July 1, 2003, nor later than January 
1, 2004.
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