Hearing Device Coverage Clarification Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4829 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4829 To direct the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to clarify that implanted active middle ear hearing devices are prosthetics and are not subject to the hearing aid coverage exclusion under the Medicare program. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 29, 2024 Ms. Klobuchar (for herself and Mr. Lankford) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To direct the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to clarify that 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. AC…