Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Hearing Device Coverage Clarification Act”.
Hearing Device Coverage Clarification Act
A BILL
To direct the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 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.
Sec. 2 Active middle ear implant coverage
In general— Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shall clarify that fully implanted active middle ear hearing devices are prosthetics that are not subject to the hearing aid coverage exclusion under section 1862(a)(7) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395y(a)(7)).
Prosthetic defined— The term “prosthetic” has the meaning given such term in section 414.202 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations.