HR 6848 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Medicare Demonstration of Coverage for Low Vision Devices Act of 2022

Introduced Feb 25, 2022 Originated House Sponsor Carolyn B. Maloney D-NY

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Latest action · Feb 28, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedFeb 25, 2022
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Medicare Demonstration of Coverage for Low Vision Devices Act of 2022

This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to carry out a demonstration project to evaluate the fiscal impact of covering low-vision devices under Medicare in the same manner as Medicare coverage is provided for durable medical equipment. The bill defines low-vision device to mean a physician-prescribed device that magnifies, enhances, or otherwise augments or interprets visual images; the term does not include ordinary eyeglasses or contact lenses.

The bill appropriates $2.5 million for FY2022 and each of the next four fiscal years for the CMS to carry out the project.

Cosponsors 27

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 25, 2022 to Mar 7, 2022; 26 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAdam B. SchiffOriginalFeb 25, 2022
D-MIAndy LevinOriginalFeb 25, 2022
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalFeb 25, 2022
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalFeb 25, 2022
R-PABrian K. FitzpatrickOriginalFeb 25, 2022
D-PAChrissy HoulahanOriginalFeb 25, 2022
D-IACynthia AxneOriginalFeb 25, 2022
D-FLDarren SotoOriginalFeb 25, 2022
R-NEDon BaconOriginalFeb 25, 2022
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalFeb 25, 2022
R-FLGus M. BilirakisOriginalFeb 25, 2022
D-CAJared HuffmanOriginalFeb 25, 2022
D-COJoe NeguseOriginalFeb 25, 2022
D-NYJoseph D. MorelleOriginalFeb 25, 2022
D-CAKatie PorterOriginalFeb 25, 2022
D-CAMark TakanoOriginalFeb 25, 2022
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezOriginalFeb 25, 2022
D-CAPete AguilarOriginalFeb 25, 2022
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioOriginalFeb 25, 2022
D-MIRashida TlaibOriginalFeb 25, 2022
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.OriginalFeb 25, 2022
D-CAScott H. PetersOriginalFeb 25, 2022
D-MASeth MoultonOriginalFeb 25, 2022
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalFeb 25, 2022
D-PASusan WildOriginalFeb 25, 2022
D-NYThomas R. SuozziOriginalFeb 25, 2022
D-NYJerrold NadlerMar 7, 2022

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Feb 25, 2022
Health Subcommittee
Referred Feb 28, 2022
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Feb 25, 2022

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 28, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Feb 25, 2022Introduced in House
  3. Feb 25, 2022Referred 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.

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 35, February 25, 2022, page H1148.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 4129Medicare Demonstration of Coverage for Low Vision Devices Act of 2019Reintroduction ofJul 31, 2019

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To provide for a Medicare demonstration project to evaluate the fiscal impact of covering low vision devices as durable medical equipment under part B of the Medicare program.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Medicare Demonstration of Coverage for Low Vision Devices Act of 2022

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 25, 2022Introduced in House

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