US HB2925 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-5)
Status: Introduced on June 15 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-06-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on June 15 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-06-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for wigs as durable medical equipment under the Medicare program, and for other purposes. This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover medically necessary cranial prostheses (e.g., wigs) as durable medical equipment under the Medicare program.
Title
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for wigs as durable medical equipment under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.
Sponsors
| Rep. James McGovern [D-MA] | Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA] | Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN] | Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ] |
| Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH] | Rep. Brian Mast [R-FL] | Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA] | Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA] |
| Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN] | Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD] | Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA] | Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA] |
| Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA] | Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA] | Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY] | Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA] |
| Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL] | Rep. David Schweikert [R-AZ] | Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY] | Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA] |
| Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI] | Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA] | Rep. John Katko [R-NY] | Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-26 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| 2017-06-16 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| 2017-06-15 | 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. |
| 2017-06-15 | 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. |
| 2017-06-15 | 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. |
| 2017-06-15 | House | Introduced in House |
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2925/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr2925/BILLS-115hr2925ih.pdf |
