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HR 536 110th Congress House Health Employee health benefits Federal employees Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government employees' health insurance Health insurance Hearing aids Labor and Employment

Helping America Hear Act of 2007

Introduced: January 17, 2007 Introduced by: Lynch, Stephen F. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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May 18, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Mar 19, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
Feb 2, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 17, 2007
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and Labor, 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.
Jan 17, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Helping America Hear Act of 2007 - Requires each federal employee health benefits plan to provide coverage for at least two hearing aids every three years, except that such plan need not cover more than $2,500 for hearing aids for any individual in any three-year period.

Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require a group health plan that provides hospital and surgical benefits to also provide such hearing aid coverage.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to require health insurance offered in the individual market to provide such coverage.

What's happening now May 18, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 536: Helping America Hear Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-536/
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"H.R. 536: Helping America Hear Act of 2007." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-536/.
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H.R. 536, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-536/.
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