Ally’s Act
Latest action · Dec 19, 2019 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.
- IntroducedDec 18, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Ally's Act
This bill requires private health insurance plans to cover certain hearing devices and systems (e.g., bone-anchored auditory implants) and related items and services. The bill also imposes limits on cost sharing.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 18, 2019 to Oct 16, 2020; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Original | Dec 18, 2019 |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Original | Dec 18, 2019 |
| D-LA | Cedric L. Richmond | Dec 19, 2019 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Jan 7, 2020 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Jan 7, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Jan 27, 2020 | |
| D-CO | Jason Crow | Feb 3, 2020 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Feb 10, 2020 | |
| D-VA | Abigail Davis Spanberger | Feb 21, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Feb 21, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | Feb 25, 2020 | |
| R-TN | David P. Roe | Feb 28, 2020 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Mar 9, 2020 | |
| R-NC | Gregory F. Murphy | Apr 10, 2020 | |
| R-VA | H. Morgan Griffith | Apr 23, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Dec 18, 2019 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Dec 19, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 19, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Dec 18, 2019Introduced in House
- Dec 18, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 205, December 18, 2019, page H12211.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 4532 | Ally’s Act | Identical bill | Sep 8, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require coverage of hearing devices and systems in certain private health insurance plans, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Ally’s Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 18, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
