Medicare Audiologist Access and Services Act of 2021
Latest action · Mar 4, 2021 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.
- IntroducedMar 3, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Medicare Audiologist Access and Services Act of 2021
This bill provides for Medicare coverage of certain audiologist services. Specifically, the bill expands coverage to include diagnostic and treatment services that are furnished by audiologists and that would otherwise be covered if provided by a physician, including incidental services, regardless of whether such services are provided pursuant to a referral from, or under the supervision of, a physician or other health care practitioner.
Cosponsors 54
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 3, 2021 to Nov 3, 2022; 25 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Mar 3, 2021 |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Original | Mar 3, 2021 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Mar 3, 2021 |
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Original | Mar 3, 2021 |
| R-AK | Don Young | Original | Mar 3, 2021 |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Original | Mar 3, 2021 |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Original | Mar 3, 2021 |
| R-PA | Guy Reschenthaler | Original | Mar 3, 2021 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Mar 3, 2021 |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Original | Mar 3, 2021 |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Original | Mar 3, 2021 |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Original | Mar 3, 2021 |
| D-IL | Lauren Underwood | Original | Mar 3, 2021 |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Original | Mar 3, 2021 |
| D-GA | Lucy McBath | Original | Mar 3, 2021 |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Original | Mar 3, 2021 |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Original | Mar 3, 2021 |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Original | Mar 3, 2021 |
| R-SC | Ralph Norman | Original | Mar 3, 2021 |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | Original | Mar 3, 2021 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Mar 3, 2021 |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Original | Mar 3, 2021 |
| R-KY | Thomas Massie | Original | Mar 3, 2021 |
| R-OK | Tom Cole | Original | Mar 3, 2021 |
| D-AZ | Tom O'Halleran | Original | Mar 3, 2021 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Mar 11, 2021 | |
| R-SC | William R. Timmons IV | Mar 11, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Apr 1, 2021 | |
| R-MS | Steven M. Palazzo | Apr 13, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Carolyn Bourdeaux | Apr 19, 2021 | |
| R-WA | Jaime Herrera Beutler | May 11, 2021 | |
| R-CA | Doug LaMalfa | Aug 10, 2021 | |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | Aug 10, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Aug 10, 2021 | |
| R-NV | Mark E. Amodei | Aug 27, 2021 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Sep 3, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Sep 3, 2021 | |
| R-KY | James Comer | Sep 20, 2021 | |
| R-TN | Tim Burchett | Sep 20, 2021 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Oct 8, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Oct 8, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Oct 8, 2021 | |
| D-CO | Jason Crow | Nov 16, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Marie Newman | Apr 14, 2022 | |
| R-PA | Lloyd Smucker | May 11, 2022 | |
| R-NC | Madison Cawthorn | May 11, 2022 | |
| R-PR | Jenniffer González-Colón | Jun 9, 2022 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Jun 13, 2022 | |
| R-KY | Harold Rogers | Jul 27, 2022 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Sep 2, 2022 | |
| R-MN | Tom Emmer | Sep 2, 2022 | |
| D-ME | Jared F. Golden | Sep 22, 2022 | |
| R-FL | Daniel Webster | Nov 3, 2022 |
Committees 2
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 Mar 3, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 4, 2021 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Mar 3, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 3, 2021 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 4, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 3, 2021Introduced in House
- Mar 3, 2021Referred 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.
- Mar 3, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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. 167, no. 40, March 3, 2021, page H1081.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1731 | Medicare Audiologist Access and Services Act of 2021 | Related bill | May 20, 2021 |
| HR 4056 | Medicare Audiologist Access and Services Act of 2019 | Reintroduction of | Jul 26, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide certain coverage of audiologist services under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Medicare Audiologist Access and Services Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 3, 2021Introduced 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.
