S 1731
117th Congress
Senate
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 20, 2021
Introduced by:
Warren, Elizabeth
Democratic
· Massachusetts
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 20, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 20, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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