119-hr1921

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1921 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 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.

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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

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 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.
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