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Hearing Device Coverage Clarification Act

USA119th CongressHR-1921| House 
| Updated: 3/6/2025
Michelle Fischbach

Michelle Fischbach

Republican Representative

Minnesota

Cosponsors (2)
Angie Craig (Democratic)Brad Finstad (Republican)

Ways and Means Committee, Energy and Commerce Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
This bill mandates the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to issue a clarification within 60 days of its enactment. The clarification must state that fully implanted active middle ear hearing devices are to be considered prosthetics . By classifying these devices as prosthetics, they would explicitly be excluded from the existing hearing aid coverage exclusion under the Medicare program. This action aims to ensure that Medicare beneficiaries can receive coverage for these specific types of advanced hearing devices, aligning their treatment with other prosthetic benefits. The bill specifies that "prosthetic" will be defined according to existing federal regulations.
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Bill from Previous Congress

HR 118-7254
Hearing Device Coverage Clarification Act
Mar 6, 2025
Introduced in House
Mar 6, 2025
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.
Mar 12, 2025

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 119-983
Introduced in Senate
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 118-7254
    Hearing Device Coverage Clarification Act


  • March 6, 2025
    Introduced in House


  • March 6, 2025
    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.


  • March 12, 2025

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 119-983
    Introduced in Senate

Health

Related Bills

  • S 119-983: Hearing Device Coverage Clarification Act

Hearing Device Coverage Clarification Act

USA119th CongressHR-1921| House 
| Updated: 3/6/2025
This bill mandates the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to issue a clarification within 60 days of its enactment. The clarification must state that fully implanted active middle ear hearing devices are to be considered prosthetics . By classifying these devices as prosthetics, they would explicitly be excluded from the existing hearing aid coverage exclusion under the Medicare program. This action aims to ensure that Medicare beneficiaries can receive coverage for these specific types of advanced hearing devices, aligning their treatment with other prosthetic benefits. The bill specifies that "prosthetic" will be defined according to existing federal regulations.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

HR 118-7254
Hearing Device Coverage Clarification Act
Mar 6, 2025
Introduced in House
Mar 6, 2025
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.
Mar 12, 2025

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 119-983
Introduced in Senate
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 118-7254
    Hearing Device Coverage Clarification Act


  • March 6, 2025
    Introduced in House


  • March 6, 2025
    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.


  • March 12, 2025

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 119-983
    Introduced in Senate
Michelle Fischbach

Michelle Fischbach

Republican Representative

Minnesota

Cosponsors (2)
Angie Craig (Democratic)Brad Finstad (Republican)

Ways and Means Committee, Energy and Commerce Committee

Health

Related Bills

  • S 119-983: Hearing Device Coverage Clarification Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted