3.0.0 768 2023-01-11T13:27:50Z 2023-01-11T13:27:50Z Senate S 2015-03-18 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-03-18T14:17:53Z Steve Gleason Act of 2015 114 984 S 2015-07-30 Became Public Law No: 114-40. Related bill CRS Steve Gleason Act of 2015 114 1919 HR 2015-05-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Steve Gleason Act of 2015 114 628 HR 2015-02-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2015-03-18 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2015-03-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA N K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2015-03-18 True K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2015-03-18 True G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2015-03-18 True K000360 Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] MARK KIRK R IL STEVEN 2015-03-18 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2015-03-18 True M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2015-03-18 True Health Health care coverage and access Health technology, devices, supplies Hearing, speech, and vision care Medicare Neurological disorders Health 00 2015-03-18 Introduced in Senate 2015-04-22T21:31:39Z Steve Gleason Act of 2015

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover as durable medical equipment any eye tracking and gaze interaction accessories for speech generating devices furnished to individuals with a demonstrated medical need for them.

Payment for speech generating devices or accessories shall be made on a rental basis, or in a lump-sum amount for the purchase of the item, without a cap on the amount.

]]> Steve Gleason Act of 2015 Display Title Steve Gleason Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare beneficiary access to eye tracking accessories for speech generating devices and to remove the rental cap for durable medical equipment under the Medicare Program with respect to speech generating devices. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Steve Gleason Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s768is/xml/BILLS-114s768is.xml 2015-03-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.