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HR 1587 117th Congress House Health Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health personnel Hearing, speech, and vision care Medicare

Medicare Audiologist Access and Services Act of 2021

Introduced: May 11, 2022 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 4, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 3, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 3, 2021
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.
Mar 3, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Audiologist Access and Services Act of 2021

This bill provides for Medicare coverage of certain audiologist services. Specifically, the bill expands coverage to include diagnostic and treatment services that are furnished by audiologists and that would otherwise be covered if provided by a physician, including incidental services, regardless of whether such services are provided pursuant to a referral from, or under the supervision of, a physician or other health care practitioner.

What's happening now March 4, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1731 Related bill Medicare Audiologist Access and Services Act of 2021
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 48
All 48 Democratic 17 Republican 19
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Webster, Daniel
Florida · Nov 3, 2022
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Golden, Jared F.
Maine · Sep 22, 2022
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Carson, André
Indiana · Sep 2, 2022
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Emmer, Tom
Minnesota · Sep 2, 2022
 R
Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · Jul 27, 2022
 R
Bacon, Don
Nebraska · Jun 13, 2022
Cawthorn, Madison
· May 11, 2022
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Smucker, Lloyd
Pennsylvania · May 11, 2022
Newman, Marie
· Apr 14, 2022
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Crow, Jason
Colorado · Nov 16, 2021
DOYLE, MIKE
· Oct 8, 2021
 D
Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · Oct 8, 2021
 R
Burchett, Tim
Tennessee · Sep 20, 2021
 R
Comer, James
Kentucky · Sep 20, 2021
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Sep 3, 2021
 R
Amodei, Mark E.
Nevada · Aug 27, 2021
 D
Dean, Madeleine
Pennsylvania · Aug 10, 2021
 R
Thompson, Glenn
Pennsylvania · Aug 10, 2021
Herrera Beutler, Jaime
· May 11, 2021
Bourdeaux, Carolyn
· Apr 19, 2021
Palazzo, Steven
· Apr 13, 2021
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Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Apr 1, 2021
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Van Drew, Jefferson
New Jersey · Mar 26, 2021
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Chu, Judy
California · Mar 11, 2021
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Timmons, William R.
South Carolina · Mar 11, 2021
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Bilirakis, Gus M.
Florida · Mar 3, 2021
 D
Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Delaware · Mar 3, 2021
Butterfield, G. K.
· Mar 3, 2021
Cartwright, Matt
· Mar 3, 2021
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Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Mar 3, 2021
 R
Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Mar 3, 2021
Davis, Rodney
· Mar 3, 2021
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Mar 3, 2021
 D
Foster, Bill
Illinois · Mar 3, 2021
 R
Kelly, Mike
Pennsylvania · Mar 3, 2021
 R
Massie, Thomas
Kentucky · Mar 3, 2021
 D
McBath, Lucy
Georgia · Mar 3, 2021
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Mar 3, 2021
McKinley, David
· Mar 3, 2021
 D
Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Mar 3, 2021
 R
Norman, Ralph
South Carolina · Mar 3, 2021
O'Halleran, Tom
· Mar 3, 2021
 R
Reschenthaler, Guy
Pennsylvania · Mar 3, 2021
 R
Rutherford, John H.
Florida · Mar 3, 2021
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 3, 2021
 D
Underwood, Lauren
Illinois · Mar 3, 2021
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Welch, Peter
Vermont · Mar 3, 2021
Yarmuth, John
· Mar 3, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1587: Medicare Audiologist Access and Services Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1587/
MLA
"H.R. 1587: Medicare Audiologist Access and Services Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1587/.
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H.R. 1587, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1587/.
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