[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
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[S. 984 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 154
114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 984

                      [Report No. 114-178, Part I]


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 22, 2015

 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

                             June 24, 2015

             Reported from the Committee on Ways and Means

                             July 15, 2015

   The Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged; committed to the 
 Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to 
                               be printed

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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.

    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,''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 154

114th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                 S. 984

                      [Report No. 114-178, Part I]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             July 15, 2015

   The Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged; committed to the 
 Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to 
                               be printed