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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1921 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To direct the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services |
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| 6 | 6 | | to clarify that fully implanted active middle ear hearing devices are |
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| 7 | 7 | | prosthetics and are not subject to the hearing aid coverage exclusion |
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| 8 | 8 | | under the Medicare program. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | MARCH6, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mrs. F |
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| 12 | 12 | | ISCHBACH(for herself and Ms. CRAIG) introduced the following bill; |
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| 13 | 13 | | which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in |
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| 14 | 14 | | addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subse- |
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| 15 | 15 | | quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such |
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| 16 | 16 | | provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 17 | 17 | | A BILL |
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| 18 | 18 | | To direct the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare |
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| 19 | 19 | | & Medicaid Services to clarify that fully implanted active |
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| 20 | 20 | | middle ear hearing devices are prosthetics and are not |
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| 21 | 21 | | subject to the hearing aid coverage exclusion under the |
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| 22 | 22 | | Medicare program. |
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| 23 | 23 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hearing Device Cov-4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | erage Clarification Act’’. 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | •HR 1921 IH |
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| 31 | 31 | | SEC. 2. ACTIVE MIDDLE EAR IMPLANT COVERAGE. 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (a) I |
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| 33 | 33 | | NGENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 2 |
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| 34 | 34 | | date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 3 |
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| 35 | 35 | | the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shall clarify 4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | that fully implanted active middle ear hearing devices are 5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | prosthetics that are not subject to the hearing aid cov-6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | erage exclusion under section 1862(a)(7) of the Social Se-7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395y(a)(7)). 8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (b) P |
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| 41 | 41 | | ROSTHETICDEFINED.—The term ‘‘prosthetic’’ 9 |
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| 42 | 42 | | has the meaning given such term in section 414.202 of 10 |
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| 43 | 43 | | title 42, Code of Federal Regulations. 11 |
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| 44 | 44 | | Æ |
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