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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mit to Congress and the Secretary of Commerce re-
ports updating the recommendations made under 
paragraph (2)(B), as needed. 
(b) STANDARD UNIT FOR MEASURING BONE DEN-
SITY.— 
(1) REPORT.—Not later than three years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Commerce, acting through the Director of the Na-
tional Institutes of Standards and Technology, shall 
prepare and submit to Congress a report on rec-
ommendations concerning a standard unit for the 
measurement of bone mass for use by the Medicare 
program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.). 
(2) 
CONSIDERATIONS
FOR
RECOMMENDA-
TIONS.—In proposing the recommendations under 
paragraph (1), the Secretary of Commerce shall take 
into consideration the recommendations made under 
subsection (a)(2)(B), including any applicable up-
dates to such recommendations made under sub-
section (a)(4), and the accuracy and utility of the 
recommended standard measurement unit as a diag-
nostic tool. 
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SEC. 109. ACCESS TO ORTHOPEDIC SERVICES FOR BENE-
FICIARIES OF MEDICAID AND SCHIP. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall prepare and submit a report to Con-
gress on access to orthopedic services— 
(1) by beneficiaries of the Medicaid program 
under title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396a et seq.); and 
(2) by beneficiaries of the State Children’s 
Health Insurance program under title XXI of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq.). 
(b) FOCUS ON BARRIERS TO ACCESS AFFECTING 
CHILDREN.—The report under this section shall include, 
at a minimum, information on barriers to access to ortho-
pedic services that disproportionately affect children who 
are beneficiaries of the Medicaid program or the State 
Children’s Health Insurance program. 
SEC. 110. AGE-RELATED PROGRAMS. 
(a) STATE-BASED EXAMPLES OF NETWORK INNOVA-
TION, OPPORTUNITY, AND REPLICATION GRANT PRO-
GRAM.—The Secretary shall award grants to State agen-
cies in a manner similar to the manner in which grants 
were awarded under the program of the Department of 
Health and Human Services popularly known as the 
‘‘State-based Examples of Network Innovation, Oppor-
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tunity, and Replication Grant Program’’ for the purpose 
of allowing such State agencies to establish or expand 
health and aging activities for seniors in the areas of clin-
ical preventive services, physical activity, chronic disease 
self-management, and oral health. 
(b) CHILDHOOD
MUSCULOSKELETAL
DISEASES, 
CONDITIONS, AND INJURIES REPORT.—Not later than 2 
years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Surgeon 
General of the Public Health Service shall prepare and 
submit to Congress a report on the burdens and costs as-
sociated with childhood musculoskeletal diseases, condi-
tions, and injuries in the United States. 
SEC. 111. MINORITY HEALTH DISPARITIES. 
The Secretary, acting through the Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Minority Health, shall treat musculoskeletal 
diseases and conditions as a priority for programs and 
grants affiliated with the Office of Minority Health and 
may incorporate musculoskeletal diseases and conditions 
into the initiatives of such Office. 
TITLE II—THIRD LONGITUDINAL 
STUDY ON AGING 
SEC. 201. THIRD LONGITUDINAL STUDY ON AGING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through the 
Director of the National Center for Health Statistics and 
in consultation with the Director of the National Institute 
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on Aging, shall conduct a third longitudinal study on 
aging in the United States in a manner similar to the 
manner in which the second longitudinal study on aging 
was conducted. 
(b) DURATION.—The duration of the third longitu-
dinal study under subsection (a) shall be at least 6 years. 
(c) AVAILABILITY OF DATA.—Data collected through 
the third longitudinal study under subsection (a) shall be 
made available to the public in a time and manner similar 
to the time and manner in which data from the second 
longitudinal study on aging was made available to the pub-
lic. 
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