Access to America's Orthopedic Services Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6478
Sponsor: Rep. Solis, Hilda L. [D-CA-32]
Introduced: 2008-07-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Accreditation (Medical care)
Administrative procedure
Aging
Biotechnology
Bone diseases
Child health
Chronically ill
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cytology
Dental care
Department of Health and Human Services
Directories
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Electronic government information
Exercise
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to research
Gerontology
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Health education
Health information systems
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Law
Medicaid
Medical education
Medical research
Medical tests
Medically uninsured
Medicare
Minorities
Minority health
Muscular diseases
Occupational health and safety
Poor children
Preventive medicine
Prosthesis
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Self-care
Social Welfare
Traffic accidents and safety
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
Transportation and Public Works
Trauma care

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-10
text: 
Access to America's Orthopedic Services Act of 2008 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services 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 orthopedic 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 orthopedics; (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 musculoskeletal diseases and conditions to be treated as a priority within the Office of Minority Health.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.
action_date: 2008-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-07-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science and Technology, 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.
action_date: 2008-07-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science and Technology, 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.
action_date: 2008-07-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science and Technology, 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.
action_date: 2008-07-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-10
text: Introduced in House