US Congress House Bill 1116 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 35-5)
Status: Introduced on February 26 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-10 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Medicare Audiology Services Enhancement Act of 2015 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: limit covered auditory services to only auditory treatment, vestibular treatment, and intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring services in addition to currently covered hearing and balance assessment services; exclude inter-operative neurophysiological monitoring provided by a physician or qualified audiologist in hospitals from covered inpatient hospital services; revise the requirements and procedure for payment of outpatient auditory services claims of service providers; include audiology services under the limitation on certain physician referrals for designated health services; and declare that nothing shall be construed to require a qualified audiologist to participate in Medicare.

Medicare Audiology Services Enhancement Act of 2015

Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]	Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]
Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]
Rep. Bill Huizenga [R-MI]	Rep. Kevin Yoder [R-KS]	Rep. Ryan Costello [R-PA]	Rep. Candice Miller [R-MI]
Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. Mimi Walters [R-CA]	Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]	Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]
Rep. Mike Pompeo [R-KS]	Rep. John Moolenaar [R-MI]	Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]	Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]
Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]	Rep. Richard Hudson [R-NC]	Rep. Mike Bishop [R-MI]	Rep. Susan Brooks [R-IN]
Rep. Bill Flores [R-TX]	Rep. Robert Dold [R-IL]	Rep. John Shimkus [R-IL]	Rep. Dan Benishek [R-MI]
Rep. David Trott [R-MI]	Rep. Barbara Comstock [R-VA]	Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]	Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]
Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]	Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Renee Ellmers [R-NC]
Rep. Doug Collins [R-GA]	Rep. Billy Long [R-MO]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-10	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-02-27	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-02-26	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2015-02-26	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2015-02-26	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
2015-02-26	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1116/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr1116/BILLS-114hr1116ih.pdf