Hearing Device Coverage Clarification Act
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Cosponsors (7)
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Latest Action
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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
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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.
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