US Congress House Bill 4129 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-3)
Status: Introduced on July 30 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-07-31 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to carry out a demonstration project to evaluate the fiscal impact of covering low-vision devices under Medicare in the same manner as Medicare coverage is provided for durable medical equipment. The bill defines low-vision device to mean a physician-prescribed device that magnifies, enhances, or otherwise augments or interprets visual images; the term does not include ordinary eyeglasses or contact lenses. The bill appropriates $2.5 million for FY2020 and each of the next four fiscal years for the CMS to carry out the project.

Medicare Demonstration of Coverage for Low Vision Devices Act of 2019

Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Ann Wagner [R-MO]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Susan Wild [D-PA]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]
Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Cindy Axne [D-IA]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]
Rep. James Himes [D-CT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-07-31	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2019-07-30	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2019-07-30	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.
2019-07-30	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.
2019-07-30	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4129/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr4129/BILLS-116hr4129ih.pdf