HR 477
117th 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
Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 2, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 25, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and 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.
Jan 25, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 25, 2021
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Related & companion bills
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Bill text
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Committees of jurisdiction
5
Cosponsors
44
R
Bilirakis, Gus M.
D
Stanton, Greg
O'Halleran, Tom
D
Lofgren, Zoe
D
Welch, Peter
D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
D
Escobar, Veronica
D
DeGette, Diana
DOYLE, MIKE
D
Raskin, Jamie
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
D
Clarke, Yvette D.
ROYBAL-ALLARD, LUCILLE
D
Lieu, Ted
Malinowski, Tom
Yarmuth, John
D
McCollum, Betty
Perlmutter, Ed
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Butterfield, G. K.
D
McBath, Lucy
D
Matsui, Doris O.
D
Craig, Angie
Spanberger, Abigail
D
Tonko, Paul
R
Grothman, Glenn
RUSH, BOBBY
D
Chu, Judy
D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
D
Crow, Jason
HASTINGS, ALCEE
D
Takano, Mark
D
Harder, Josh
R
Rutherford, John H.
D
Cohen, Steve
Davis, Rodney
R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
D
Pingree, Chellie
D
Sewell, Terri A.
DEFAZIO, PETER
D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
McKinley, David
D
Thompson, Mike
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 477: Ally’s Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-477/
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