Hearing Device Coverage Clarification Act
- Introduced Mar 12
- Committee Mar 12
- Passed Senate Next
- Passed House Not yet
- To President Not yet
- Law Not yet
Where it stands
In committee, Mar 12, 2025Next: Senate vote
594d ago Mar 12, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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Summary
Hearing Device Coverage Clarification Act
Full summary1 paragraphs
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to specify that implanted active middle ear hearing devices are prosthetics (not hearing aids) and are covered under Medicare.
Library of Congress summary, Mar 12, 2025
Summary versions
- Introduced in SenateMar 12, 2025
Actions
- SenateIntroduced in SenateMar 12, 2025
- SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.Mar 12, 2025
Bill record
Text versions1
- Introduced in SenateMar 12, 2025PDF: Introduced in Senate
Committees1
- Senate Finance CommitteeReferred To Mar 12, 2025
Sponsor and cosponsors1 cosponsor
- Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)Sponsor, Mar 12, 2025
- James Lankford (R-OK)OriginalJoined Mar 12, 2025
Amendments0
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Titles2
Short titles
- Hearing Device Coverage Clarification ActShort Title(s) as Introduced
Official titles
- A bill to direct the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to clarify that implanted active middle ear hearing devices are prosthetics and are not subject to the hearing aid coverage exclusion under the Medicare program.Official Title as Introduced
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Policy area
Related bills1
- H.R. 1921 119th, Related bill Hearing Device Coverage Clarification Act
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