Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6445.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BILIRAKIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 191, November 17, 2023, Page H5899):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the United States. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill amends the definition of ``audiology services'' in the Medicare statute, which specifies the services that audiologists may provide, to include all services already covered by Medicare that are also within an audiologist's scope of practice
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 17, 2023 ↗

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  H.R. 6445, 118th Congress

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  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

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  September 14, 2026

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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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