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Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Hearing Device Coverage Clarification Act

S. 983Introduced Mar 12, 2025Policy area: Health

Official title: A bill to direct the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to clarify that implanted active middle ear hearing devices are prosthetics and are not subject to the hearing aid coverage exclusion under the Medicare program.

Sponsor: Sen. Amy Klobuchar D-MN
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Where it went

Latest action: Mar 12, 2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

1 cosponsor — 1 Republican

1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.

James Lankford (R-OK).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Amy Klobuchar.

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Sponsor’s state and district

Minnesota in Congress

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Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.