Hearing Device Coverage Clarification Act

3.0.0 1921 2026-02-13T21:04:00Z 2026-02-13T21:04:00Z House H HR 2025-03-06 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1921 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 43 (Thursday, March 6, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mrs. FISCHBACH:H.R. 1921.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8[Page H1039]</pre> hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred To 2025-03-06T14:00:10Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing Referred To 2025-03-06T14:00:05Z Hearing Device Coverage Clarification Act 119 983 S 2025-03-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2025-03-06 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2025-03-06 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2025-03-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2025-03-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress F000470 Rep. Fischbach, Michelle [R-MN-7] Michelle Fischbach R MN 7 N C001119 Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2] Angie Craig D MN 2 2025-03-06 True F000475 Rep. Finstad, Brad [R-MN-1] Brad Finstad R MN 1 2025-11-18 False Health Health 2025-03-21T17:20:02Z

00 2025-03-06 Introduced in House 2026-02-13T21:03:25Z Hearing Device Coverage Clarification ActThis 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.

Hearing Device Coverage Clarification Act Display Title 45 Hearing Device Coverage Clarification Act 2025-03-21T04:08:31Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Hearing Device Coverage Clarification Act 2025-03-21T04:08:25Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To direct the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to clarify that fully implanted active middle ear hearing devices are prosthetics and are not subject to the hearing aid coverage exclusion under the Medicare program. 2025-03-21T04:04:07Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2025-03-06T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr1921ih/xml/BILLS-119hr1921ih.xml 2025-03-06 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. 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.