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[S. 984 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.984

                     One Hundred Fourteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
           the sixth day of January, two thousand and fifteen


                                 An Act


 
  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.
    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) 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 accessory that 
            is needed for the individual to effectively utilize such a 
            device,''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.