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HR 5485 116th Congress House Health Employee benefits and pensions Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health technology, devices, supplies Hearing, speech, and vision care Medical tests and diagnostic methods Surgery and anesthesia

Ally’s Act

Introduced: December 18, 2019 Introduced by: Neguse, Joe Democratic · Colorado See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 19, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec 18, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Dec 18, 2019
Introduced in House
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Ally's Act

This bill requires private health insurance plans to cover certain hearing devices and systems (e.g., bone-anchored auditory implants) and related items and services. The bill also imposes limits on cost sharing.

What's happening now December 19, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 4532 Identical bill Ally’s Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Democratic 7 Republican 4
R
Miller, Carol D.
West Virginia · Oct 16, 2020
 D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · Oct 16, 2020
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jul 29, 2020
 R
Griffith, H. Morgan
Virginia · Apr 23, 2020
 R
Murphy, Gregory F.
North Carolina · Apr 10, 2020
Roe, David
· Feb 28, 2020
 D
Cisneros, Gilbert Ray
California · Feb 25, 2020
DEFAZIO, PETER
· Feb 10, 2020
 D
Crow, Jason
Colorado · Feb 3, 2020
 D
Escobar, Veronica
Texas · Jan 27, 2020
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Jan 7, 2020
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Jan 7, 2020
Richmond, Cedric
· Dec 19, 2019
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Dec 18, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5485: Ally’s Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5485/
MLA
"H.R. 5485: Ally’s Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5485/.
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H.R. 5485, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5485/.
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[H.R. 5485: Ally’s Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5485/)
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