Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act of 2025
Latest action · Jun 9, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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.
- IntroducedJun 9, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act of 2025
This bill provides for Medicare coverage of certain audiology 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 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 9, 2025 to Jun 16, 2026; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Jun 9, 2025 |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Original | Jun 9, 2025 |
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Original | Jun 9, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Jun 9, 2025 |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Original | Jun 9, 2025 |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Original | Jun 9, 2025 |
| R-KY | Rand Paul | Original | Jun 9, 2025 |
| D-AZ | Mark Kelly | Oct 27, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Dec 1, 2025 | |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Jun 16, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Jun 9, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 9, 2025Introduced in Senate
- Jun 9, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7757 | Chuck Grassley R-IA | Oct 28, 2025 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2757 | Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act of 2025 | Related bill | Apr 9, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve coverage of audiology services under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 9, 2025Introduced in Senate
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