US HB4056 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 42-24)
Status: Introduced on July 25 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-07-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on July 25 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-07-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Provides for Medicare coverage of certain audiologist services. Specifically, the bill expands coverage to include diagnostic and treatment services that are furnished by audiologists and that would otherwise be covered if provided by a physician, including incidental services, regardless of whether such services are provided pursuant to a referral from, or under the supervision of, a physician or other health care practitioner.
Title
Medicare Audiologist Access and Services Act of 2019
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-07-26 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| 2019-07-25 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| 2019-07-25 | House | 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. |
| 2019-07-25 | House | 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. |
| 2019-07-25 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
SB2446 (Related) 2019-09-09 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Subjects
Health
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Medicare
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Medicare
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4056/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr4056/BILLS-116hr4056ih.pdf |
