S 4343
116th Congress
Senate
Health
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health technology, devices, supplies
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Performance measurement
Surgery and anesthesia
Veterans' medical care
Triple A Study Act
Introduced: July 28, 2020
Introduced by:
Blackburn, Marsha
Republican
· Tennessee
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 28, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jul 28, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Access to Assistive Technology and Devices for Americans Study Act or the Triple A Study Act
This bill directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study issues related to health insurance and other coverage for assistive technologies, such as prosthetic devices and custom orthoses, for those who experience amputations or live with a limb difference.
In conducting this study, the GAO must include comparisons of claims and other data from Medicare, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and commercial health insurers.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1