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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 983 |
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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 implanted active middle ear hearing devices are prosthetics |
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| 7 | 7 | | and are not subject to the hearing aid coverage exclusion under the |
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| 8 | 8 | | Medicare program. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 10 | 10 | | MARCH12, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Ms. K |
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| 12 | 12 | | LOBUCHAR(for herself and Mr. LANKFORD) introduced the following |
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| 13 | 13 | | bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To direct the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare |
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| 16 | 16 | | & Medicaid Services to clarify that implanted active mid- |
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| 17 | 17 | | dle ear hearing devices are prosthetics and are not sub- |
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| 18 | 18 | | ject to the hearing aid coverage exclusion under the |
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| 19 | 19 | | Medicare program. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hearing Device Cov-4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | erage Clarification Act’’. 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | •S 983 IS |
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| 28 | 28 | | SEC. 2. ACTIVE MIDDLE EAR IMPLANT COVERAGE. 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (a) I |
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| 30 | 30 | | NGENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shall clarify that 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | implanted active middle ear hearing devices are pros-5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | thetics that are not subject to the hearing aid coverage 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | exclusion under section 1862(a)(7) of the Social Security 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Act (42 U.S.C. 1395y(a)(7)). 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (b) P |
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| 38 | 38 | | ROSTHETICDEFINED.—The term ‘‘prosthetic’’ 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | has the meaning given such term in section 414.202 of 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regu-11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | lation). 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | Æ |
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