US SB4829 | 2023-2024 | 118th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on July 29 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-07-29 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on July 29 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-07-29 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
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.
Title
Hearing Device Coverage Clarification Act
Sponsors
Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN] | Sen. James Lankford [R-OK] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2024-07-29 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
Same As/Similar To
HB7254 (Related) 2024-02-06 - 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.
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/4829/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/118/bills/s4829/BILLS-118s4829is.pdf |