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Hearing Device Coverage Clarification Act
To direct the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to clarify that fully implanted active middle ear hearing devices are prosthetics and are not subject to the hearing aid coverage exclusion under the Medicare program.
Summary
This bill directs the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to clarify that fully implanted active middle ear hearing devices are prosthetics and are not subject to Medicare's hearing aid coverage exclusion. The clarification must be issued within 60 days of the bill's enactment. This would allow Medicare to cover these implanted devices as prosthetic devices rather than treating them as excluded hearing aids. The bill defines prosthetics according to existing federal regulations governing medical devices.
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Sponsor (1)
4 cosponsors
- Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2] (D-MN)
- Rep. Finstad, Brad [R-MN-1] (R-MN)
- Rep. Moore, Blake D. [R-UT-1] (R-UT)
- Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8] (R-MN)
Actions (2)
- 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. · house
- Mar 6, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 6, 2025
Mrs. Fischbach (for herself and Ms. Craig) 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
A BILL
To direct the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to clarify that fully implanted active middle ear hearing devices are prosthetics and are not subject to the hearing aid coverage exclusion under the Medicare program.
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 “Hearing Device Coverage Clarification Act”.
SEC. 2. ACTIVE MIDDLE EAR IMPLANT COVERAGE.
(a) In General.—Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shall clarify that fully implanted active middle ear hearing devices are prosthetics that are not subject to the hearing aid coverage exclusion under section 1862(a)(7) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395y(a)(7)).
(b) Prosthetic Defined.—The term “prosthetic” has the meaning given such term in section 414.202 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations. <all>
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