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HR 4035 113th Congress House

Access to Hearing Healthcare Act of 2014

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare beneficiaries coordinated care and greater choice with regard to accessing hearing health services and benefits.

Introduced: May 15, 2014 See on congress.gov
Health Health care coverage and accessHearing, speech, and vision careMedicare
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Feb 14, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 14, 2014
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E213)
Feb 11, 2014
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.
Feb 11, 2014
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 14, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Access to Hearing Healthcare Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the definition of Medicare-covered audiology (hearing and balance assessment) services provided by a qualified and legally authorized audiologist to state that such services are covered without regard to any requirement that: (1) the individual receiving them be under the care of (or referred by) a physician or other health care practitioner, or (2) such services are provided under the supervision of a physician or other health practitioner.

Includes audiology services as medical services, as so redefined, under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance).

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2046 Identical bill Access to Hearing Healthcare Act of 2014
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 18
All 18 Democratic 7 Republican 1
D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Aug 1, 2014
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Jul 9, 2014
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jul 9, 2014
Grayson, Alan
· Jun 25, 2014
MORAN, JAMES
· Jun 19, 2014
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Jun 17, 2014
Olson, Pete
· May 29, 2014
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 15, 2014
Shea-Porter, Carol
· May 15, 2014
MCCARTHY, CAROLYN
· May 6, 2014
HOLT, RUSH
· Apr 8, 2014
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Apr 8, 2014
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Apr 3, 2014
Westmoreland, Lynn
· Apr 3, 2014
Ellison, Keith
· Mar 21, 2014
HINOJOSA, RUBEN
· Mar 13, 2014
 R
Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Mar 4, 2014
LATHAM, TOM
· Feb 11, 2014
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4035: Access to Hearing Healthcare Act of 2014. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4035/
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"H.R. 4035: Access to Hearing Healthcare Act of 2014." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4035/.
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H.R. 4035, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4035/.
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