[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3308 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3308

 To expand Medicare coverage to include eyeglasses, hearing aids, and 
                              dental care.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 29, 2015

  Mr. Grayson (for himself, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Ms. 
 Brown of Florida, Mrs. Bustos, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Judy Chu of California, 
 Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Delaney, 
  Ms. DeLauro, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Doggett, Ms. Edwards, Mr. Engel, Mr. 
Fattah, Mr. Farr, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. Hahn, Mr. Hastings, 
  Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Honda, Mr. Kennedy, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. McGovern, Mr. 
  Nadler, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Nolan, Mr. Payne, Mr. Perlmutter, Ms. 
 Pingree, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Rush, Ms. Linda T. 
 Sanchez of California, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Sires, 
    Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Maxine Waters of 
   California, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. 
    Takai, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Takano, Mr. Vela, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. 
 Lowenthal, Mr. McDermott, Mrs. Torres, Mr. Clay, Mr. Cartwright, Ms. 
Bass, Mr. Conyers, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Ashford, Ms. Kelly 
  of Illinois, Ms. Moore, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Brownley of 
   California, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. 
 Butterfield, Ms. Lee, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Rangel, Mr. 
Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Carson 
of Indiana, and Mr. Langevin) introduced the following bill; which was 
 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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To expand Medicare coverage to include eyeglasses, hearing aids, and 
                              dental care.

    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 ``Seniors Have Eyes, Ears, and Teeth 
Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF MEDICARE COVERAGE.

    Section 1862(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395y(a)) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (7) by striking ``, eyeglasses'' through 
        ``hearing aids or examinations therefor,''; and
            (2) in paragraph (12) by striking ``where such expenses are 
        for services in connection with the care, treatment, filling, 
        removal, or replacement of teeth or structures directly 
        supporting teeth, except that''.
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