House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Hearing Device Coverage Clarification Act
Official title: To direct the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to clarify that fully implanted active middle ear hearing devices are prosthetics and are not subject to the hearing aid coverage exclusion under the Medicare program.
Sponsor: Rep. Michelle Fischbach R-MNWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 6, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 6, 2025 — 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.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1921.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. FISCHBACH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 43, March 6, 2025, Page H1039):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1921, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1921
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 2, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 3, 2026
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
7 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 7 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Earl Carter (R-GA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Carol Miller (R-WV), Blake Moore (R-UT), Pete Stauber (R-MN).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michelle Fischbach.
- H.R. 6945 (119th) Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act
- H.Res. 1142 (119th) Providing for disposition of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 7147) making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year…
- H.Res. 122 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 77) to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for en bloc consideration…
- H.Res. 1274 (119th) Providing that section 11 of House Resolution 1224 shall have no force or effect.
- H.Res. 1530 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9576) to establish the National Fraud Enforcement Division of the Department of Justice…
- H.Res. 211 (119th) Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 25) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5…
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