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HR 729 114th Congress House

Medicare Demonstration of Coverage for Low Vision Devices Act of 2015

Official title: To provide for a Medicare demonstration project to evaluate the fiscal impact of covering low vision devices as durable medical equipment under part B of the Medicare program.

Introduced: March 4, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Feb 27, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 6, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 4, 2015
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E164)
Feb 4, 2015
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 4, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 27, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Demonstration of Coverage for Low Vision Devices Act of 2015

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to commence a project to demonstrate and evaluate the fiscal impact of covering low vision devices under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act in the same or similar manner as coverage is provided for durable medical equipment under such part.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Democratic 9 Republican 1
ROS-LEHTINEN, ILEANA
· Nov 29, 2016
 D
Aguilar, Pete
California · Sep 22, 2016
Costello, Ryan
· Jul 6, 2016
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Apr 20, 2016
 D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Apr 13, 2016
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Apr 13, 2016
Roskam, Peter
· Mar 17, 2016
Murphy, Tim
· Mar 1, 2016
 D
Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Apr 14, 2015
 D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Apr 14, 2015
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Mar 4, 2015
 D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · Feb 25, 2015
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Feb 13, 2015
 R
Bilirakis, Gus M.
Florida · Feb 4, 2015
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 729: Medicare Demonstration of Coverage for Low Vision Devices Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-729/
MLA
"H.R. 729: Medicare Demonstration of Coverage for Low Vision Devices Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-729/.
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H.R. 729, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-729/.
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