[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 628 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 628

  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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 30, 2015

   Mrs. McMorris Rodgers (for herself, Mr. Scalise, and Mr. Paulsen) 
 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 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.

    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 ``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) 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.

    (a) In General.--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) which serves as a speech generating 
                        device or which is an accessory that is needed 
                        for the individual to effectively utilize such 
                        a device,''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to devices furnished on or after July 1, 2015.
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