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HR1921Referred to Committee

Hearing Device Coverage Clarification Act

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-03-06
Introduced
4
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Michelle Fischbach
Michelle Fischbach
Republican · MN · Representative
Votes with party: 98.5% (551 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/F000470

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (4)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

  • Angie Craig (D-MN-2)Original· 2025-03-06
  • Brad Finstad (R-MN-1)· 2025-11-18
  • Pete Stauber (R-MN-8)· 2026-04-16

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

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.

2025-03-06

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • House Committee on Energy and CommerceReferred To · 2025-03-06
  • House Committee on Ways and MeansReferred To · 2025-03-06

Previously

  • Ways and Means CommitteeReferred To · 2025-03-06
  • Energy and Commerce CommitteeReferred To · 2025-03-06

Plain-English Summary

Hearing Device Coverage Clarification Act This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to specify that fully implanted active middle ear hearing devices are prosthetics (not hearing aids) and are covered under Medicare.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Health
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Open text viewRead on Congress.gov

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