S 983 119th Congress Senate Health

Hearing Device Coverage Clarification Act

Introduced: March 12, 2025 Introduced by: Klobuchar, Amy Democratic · Minnesota See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 2 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Mar 12, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Mar 12, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Ask about this bill AI · grounded in the bill text

Have a question about what this bill does? Ask in plain English; the answer is drawn from the bill's actual text and official record, and it'll tell you when something isn't in the text rather than guess.

AI answers can be imperfect; always confirm against the full bill text.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Hearing Device Coverage Clarification Act

This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to specify that implanted active middle ear hearing devices are prosthetics (not hearing aids) and are covered under Medicare.

What's happening now March 12, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Related & companion bills 1

Bill text 1 version

Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

Committees of jurisdiction 1

Finance Committee
Senate

Cosponsors 1

Lankford, James

Oklahoma · Mar 12, 2025

Cite this page click to expand

APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 983: Hearing Device Coverage Clarification Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-983/

MLA

"S. 983: Hearing Device Coverage Clarification Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-983/.

Bluebook (legal)

S. 983, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-983/.

Markdown link

[S. 983: Hearing Device Coverage Clarification Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-983/)