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Osteoporosis Early Detection and Prevention Act of 1997

Introduced: October 22, 1997 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 9, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Nov 7, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Oct 22, 1997
Referred to House Education and the Workforce
Oct 22, 1997
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
Oct 22, 1997
Referred to House Commerce
Oct 22, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Osteoporosis Early Detection and Prevention Act of 1997 - Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan, and an insurer offering group coverage, to include coverage for bone mass measurement for individuals who: (1) are estrogen-deficient women at clinical risk for osteoporosis; (2) have vertebral abnormalities; (3) are receiving chemotherapy or long-term gluococorticoid (steroid) therapy; (4) have primary hyperparathyroidism, hyperthyroidism, or excess thyroid replacement; or (5) are being monitored to assess the response to or efficacy of approved osteoporosis drug therapy. Regulates frequency and cost sharing. Prohibits related denial of coverage, incentives to individuals, restrictions on provider-patient communications, and provider penalties. Allows State laws providing greater detection or prevention benefits. Amends the Public Health Service Act to apply the above requirements to coverage offered in the individual market.

What's happening now November 9, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 9 Independent 1
D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jan 27, 1998
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Nov 13, 1997
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Nov 13, 1997
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Nov 6, 1997
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Oct 22, 1997
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Oct 22, 1997
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Oct 22, 1997
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Oct 22, 1997
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Oct 22, 1997
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Oct 22, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2693: Osteoporosis Early Detection and Prevention Act of 1997. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-2693/
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