[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2465 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2465

 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make permanent the 
   removal of 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

                              May 16, 2017

  Mrs. McMorris Rodgers (for herself, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. 
   Scalise, Mr. Paulsen, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Huizenga, Mr. Costello of 
  Pennsylvania, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
Lipinski, Mr. Richmond, and Mr. Roskam) 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 make permanent the 
   removal of 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 Enduring Voices Act of 
2017''.

SEC. 2. MAKING PERMANENT THE REMOVAL OF THE RENTAL CAP FOR DURABLE 
              MEDICAL EQUIPMENT UNDER MEDICARE WITH RESPECT TO SPEECH 
              GENERATING DEVICES.

    Section 1834(a)(2)(A)(iv) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395m(a)(2)(A)(iv)) is amended by striking ``and before October 1, 
2018,''.
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