lows such information to be reported based on the 
type of musculoskeletal injury or condition and the 
race and ethnicity of the individual with such injury 
or condition. 
(3) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FROM STATE 
WORKERS COMPENSATION BOARDS.—The Secretary 
may request that the head of each State agency that 
has jurisdiction over workers compensation submit 
information relevant to the study under paragraph 
(1) to the Secretary. 
(4) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
submit to Congress a report on the results of the 
study under paragraph (1), categorized by type of 
injury or condition and race and ethnicity. 
SEC. 106. PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation 
with the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of Trans-
portation, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and 
the Chair of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness 
and Sports, shall conduct a national public awareness pro-
gram on musculoskeletal health. 
(b) CONTENTS OF PROGRAM.—The program shall in-
clude, at a minimum, the following components: 
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(1) GENERAL
INFORMATION
FOR
THE
PUB-
LIC.—A component providing education to the gen-
eral public on musculoskeletal health, including edu-
cation on healthy lifestyle practices relating to mus-
culoskeletal health. 
(2) 
EDUCATION
FOR
HEALTH
PROFES-
SIONALS.—A component providing education to 
health professionals on musculoskeletal health, in-
cluding— 
(A) specific information on musculoskeletal 
health in medically underserved populations (as 
defined in section 330(b)(3) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b(b)(3))); 
and 
(B) the impact of musculoskeletal diseases 
and conditions on racial and ethnic minority 
populations. 
(3) EDUCATION FOR GIRLS.—A component that 
utilizes the program popularly known as ‘‘powerful 
bones, powerful girls’’ to educate girls between 9 and 
12 years of age on optimal bone health and the 
methods to achieve such health, with a focus on re-
ducing the risk that such girls will develop 
osteoporosis as adults. 
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(4) EDUCATION FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS.— 
A component providing education to the following 
populations that address the specific needs of those 
populations: 
(A) Populations of the United States that 
have disproportionately high levels of musculo-
skeletal disease and injury. 
(B) Populations of the United States that 
have disproportionally low levels of access to 
orthopaedic services. 
(C) Racial and ethnic minority populations 
of the United States. 
SEC. 107. ORTHOPAEDIC PHYSICIAN WORKFORCE TRAIN-
ING STUDY. 
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary, acting through the Ad-
ministrator of the Health Resource Services Administra-
tion, shall conduct a study on the amount of funding avail-
able for graduate medical education in orthopaedics from 
all sources and the impact of that amount of funding on 
the availability of physicians trained in orthopaedics. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
Congress a report on the results of the study under sub-
section (a). 
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SEC. 108. BONE DENSITY UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM. 
(a) STANDARD MEASUREMENT TOOL
FOR BONE 
DENSITY STUDY.— 
(1) STUDY.—The Secretary, in consultation 
with the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Re-
search and Quality, the Director of the National In-
stitute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, 
and the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare 
& Medicaid Services, shall conduct a study on— 
(A) the cost-effectiveness of all available 
methods for measuring bone mass in bene-
ficiaries of the Medicare program under title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395 et seq.) for the purpose of identifying the 
most cost-effective method; 
(B) the cost-effectiveness of different time 
intervals between each bone mass screening for 
each such beneficiary for the purpose of identi-
fying the most cost-effective interval; 
(C) the frequency with which the cost-ef-
fectiveness of such methods and intervals 
should be reviewed based on anticipated 
changes in technology. 
(2) REPORT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
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retary shall submit to Congress and the Sec-
retary of Commerce a report on the results of 
the study under paragraph (1). 
(B) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report 
under subparagraph (A) shall include, at a min-
imum, the following: 
(i) The most cost-effective method for 
measuring bone mass in beneficiaries of 
the Medicare program and a recommenda-
tion for the adoption of such method by 
the Medicare program. 
(ii) The most cost-effective interval 
between bone mass screenings for such 
beneficiaries and recommendation for the 
adoption of such interval by the Medicare 
program. 
(3) UNITED
STATES
PREVENTIVE
SERVICES 
TASK
FORCE.—In making the recommendations 
under paragraph (2)(B), the Secretary shall take 
into consideration any relevant guidelines in the 
most recent Guide to Clinical Preventive Services by 
the United States Preventive Services Task Force. 
(4) REVISIONS
TO
RECOMMENDATIONS.—The 
Secretary shall monitor developments in technology 
used to measure bone density and prepare and sub-
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