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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 983 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 983
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.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 12, 2025
Ms. Klobuchar (for herself and Mr. Lankford) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
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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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Hearing Device Coverage
Clarification Act''.
SEC. 2. ACTIVE MIDDLE EAR IMPLANT COVERAGE.
(a) In General.--Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services shall clarify that implanted active middle ear hearing devices
are prosthetics that are not subject to the hearing aid coverage
exclusion under section 1862(a)(7) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395y(a)(7)).
(b) Prosthetic Defined.--The term ``prosthetic'' has the meaning
given such term in section 414.202 of title 42, Code of Federal
Regulations (or a successor regulation).
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