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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1921
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.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH6, 2025
Mrs. F
ISCHBACH(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 subse-
quently 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 Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hearing Device Cov-4
erage Clarification Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. ACTIVE MIDDLE EAR IMPLANT COVERAGE. 1
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 2
date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 3
the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shall clarify 4
that fully implanted active middle ear hearing devices are 5
prosthetics that are not subject to the hearing aid cov-6
erage exclusion under section 1862(a)(7) of the Social Se-7
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395y(a)(7)). 8
(b) P
ROSTHETICDEFINED.—The term ‘‘prosthetic’’ 9
has the meaning given such term in section 414.202 of 10
title 42, Code of Federal Regulations. 11
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