Public Law 114–40: 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.Public Law40Public Law 114–40129 Stat. 4412015-07-302015-07-30United States Government Publishing OfficeNational Archives and Records AdministrationOffice of the Federal Registertext/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.GPO Locator to USLM Converter 4.15.31;Stage2.202507022026-01-02114publicPUBLIC LAW 114–40—JULY 30, 2015129 STAT. 441Public Law114–40114th CongressAn ActTo 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.
July 30, 2015
[S. 984]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Steve Gleason Act of 2015.
SECTION 1.
42 USC 1305 note.
SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the “Steve Gleason Act of 2015”.SEC. 2. PROVIDING MEDICARE BENEFICIARY ACCESS TO EYE TRACKING ACCESSORIES FOR SPEECH GENERATING DEVICES.(a) In General.—Section 1861(n) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(n)) is amended by inserting “and eye tracking and gaze interaction accessories for speech generating devices furnished to individuals with a demonstrated medical need for such accessories” after “appropriate organizations)”.(b)
42 USC 1395x note.
Effective Date.—The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to devices furnished on or after January 1, 2016.SEC. 3. REMOVING THE RENTAL CAP FOR DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT UNDER MEDICARE WITH RESPECT TO SPEECH GENERATING DEVICES. Section 1834(a)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(a)(2)(A)) is amended—(1) in clause (ii), by striking “or” at the end;(2) in clause (iii), by adding “or” at the end; and(3) by inserting after clause (iii) the following new clause:“(iv)
Time period.
in the case of devices furnished on or after October 1, 2015, and before October 1, 2018, which serves as a speech generating device or which is an 129 STAT. 442
accessory that is needed for the individual to effectively utilize such a device,”.ApprovedJuly 30, 2015.LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 984:HOUSE REPORTS: ┐No. 114–178, Pt. 1 (Comm. on Ways and Means).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 161 (2015):