2025-2026 Regular SessionUS Congress Legislature

SB983: Hearing Device Coverage Clarification Act

Legislative Summary

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.

Bill History

3/12/2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Senate

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(3/12/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Finance(Senate)

Sponsors

Democrat: 1
Republican: 1

Primary Sponsor

Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
Democrat

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text3/28/2025238.1 KB