US Congress House Bill 2140 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 52-15)
Status: Introduced on June 3 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-06-14 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Medicare Hearing Health Care Enhancement Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the definition of Medicare-covered audiology (hearing and balance assessment) services provided by a qualified and legally authorized audiologist to stipulate that such services are covered without regard to any requirement that: (1) the individual receiving them be under the care of (or referred by) a physician or other health care practitioner, or (2) such services are provided under the supervision of a physician or other health practitioner. Includes audiology services as medical services, as so redefined, under Medicare part B.

Medicare Hearing Health Care Enhancement Act of 2011

Rep. Mike Ross [D-AR]	Rep. Jason Altmire [D-PA]	Rep. Robert Andrews [D-NJ]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]
Rep. John Barrow [D-GA]	Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R-MD]	Rep. Xavier Becerra [D-CA]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Ben Chandler [D-KY]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]
Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]
Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Norman Dicks [D-WA]	Rep. Jo Emerson [R-MO]	Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]
Rep. Elton Gallegly [R-CA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]
Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]
Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Dale Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Larry Kissell [D-NC]
Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Tom Latham [R-IA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]
Rep. Donald Manzullo [R-IL]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Ed Pastor [D-AZ]
Rep. Ron Paul [R-TX]	Rep. Todd Platts [R-PA]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Laura Richardson [D-CA]
Rep. Harold Rogers [R-KY]	Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]	Rep. Steven Rothman [D-NJ]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]
Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]	Rep. Bill Shuster [R-PA]	Rep. Michael Simpson [R-ID]	Rep. Betty Sutton [D-OH]
Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R-GA]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. C.W. Young [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-06-14	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-06-03	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2011-06-03	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-06-03	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2011-06-03	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.

SB3242 (Related) 2012-05-24 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/2140/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr2140/BILLS-112hr2140ih.pdf