Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2023
Latest action · Dec 17, 2024 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.
- IntroducedJan 9, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2023
This bill provides for Medicare coverage of dental, vision, and hearing care. Coverage includes (1) routine dental cleanings and exams, basic and major dental services, emergency dental care, and dentures; (2) routine eye exams, eyeglasses, and contact lenses; and (3) routine hearing exams, hearing aids, and exams for hearing aids. With respect to such care, the bill establishes special payment rules, limitations, and coinsurance requirements.
Cosponsors 121
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 9, 2023 to Dec 5, 2024; 78 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | Jan 9, 2023 |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | Jan 9, 2023 |
| D-TX | Al Green | Original | Jan 9, 2023 |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Original | Jan 9, 2023 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Jan 9, 2023 |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Original | Jan 9, 2023 |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | Jan 9, 2023 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Jan 9, 2023 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Jan 9, 2023 |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | Jan 9, 2023 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Jan 9, 2023 |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Original | Jan 9, 2023 |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Original | Jan 9, 2023 |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Original | Jan 9, 2023 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Jan 9, 2023 |
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 Jan 9, 2023 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jan 9, 2023 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jan 9, 2023 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Dec 17, 2024 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jan 9, 2023Introduced in House
- Jan 9, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jan 9, 2023Referred 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 7, January 9, 2023, page H108.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4311 | Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2021 | Reintroduction of | Jul 2, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of dental, vision, and hearing care under the Medicare program.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 9, 2023Introduced 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.
