HR 2748 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Help Extend Auditory Relief (HEAR) Act of 2015

Introduced Jun 12, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Matt Cartwright D-PA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jun 23, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJun 12, 2015
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Help Extend Auditory Relief (HEAR) Act of 2015

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover aural rehabilitation services, hearing aids as durable medical equipment, audiology rehabilitation services, and related hearing services.

Cosponsors 15

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 12, 2015 to Sep 20, 2016, with 10 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalJun 12, 2015
D-NYBrian HigginsOriginalJun 12, 2015
R-WVDavid B. McKinleyOriginalJun 12, 2015
D-CAJuan VargasOriginalJun 12, 2015
D-WIMark PocanOriginalJun 12, 2015
D-CAMark TakanoOriginalJun 12, 2015
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalJun 12, 2015
D-NYSean Patrick MaloneyOriginalJun 12, 2015
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalJun 12, 2015
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalJun 12, 2015
D-CAAnna G. EshooJun 18, 2015
D-MNBetty McCollumJun 23, 2015
D-CAMichael M. HondaNov 30, 2015
D-RIDavid N. CicillineApr 29, 2016
D-NYKathleen M. RiceSep 20, 2016

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 23, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Jun 19, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  3. Jun 12, 2015Introduced in House
  4. Jun 12, 2015Referred 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.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

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Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 12, 2015Introduced in House

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