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Union Calendar No. 154 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 984 

[Report No. 114–178, Part I] 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 22, 2015 

Referred 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 

JUNE 24, 2015 

Reported from the Committee on Ways and Means 

JULY 15, 2015 

The Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be 

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A BILL 

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide 

Medicare beneficiary access to eye tracking accessories 

for speech generating devices and to remove the rental 

cap for durable medical equipment under the Medicare 

Program with respect to speech generating devices. 

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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Steve Gleason Act of 

5 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PROVIDING MEDICARE BENEFICIARY ACCESS TO 

7 EYE TRACKING ACCESSORIES FOR SPEECH 

8 GENERATING DEVICES. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1861(n) of the Social Se10 curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(n)) is amended by inserting 

11 ‘‘and eye tracking and gaze interaction accessories for 

12 speech generating devices furnished to individuals with a 

13 demonstrated medical need for such accessories’’ after 

14 ‘‘appropriate organizations)’’. 

15 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

16 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to devices furnished 

17 on or after January 1, 2016. 

18 SEC. 3. REMOVING THE RENTAL CAP FOR DURABLE MED19 ICAL EQUIPMENT UNDER MEDICARE WITH 

20 RESPECT TO SPEECH GENERATING DEVICES. 

21 Section 1834(a)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 

22 U.S.C. 1395m(a)(2)(A)) is amended— 

23 (1) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

24 (2) in clause (iii), by adding ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

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1 (3) by inserting after clause (iii) the following 

2 new clause: 

3 ‘‘(iv) in the case of devices furnished 

4 on or after October 1, 2015, and before 

5 October 1, 2018, which serves as a speech 

6 generating device or which is an accessory 

7 that is needed for the individual to effec8 tively utilize such a device,’’. 

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Union Calendar No. 154 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 984 

[Report No. 114–178, Part I] 

A BILL 

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to 

spect to speech generating devices. equipment under the Medicare Program with reto remove the rental cap for durable medical ing accessories for speech generating devices and provide Medicare beneficiary access to eye trackJULY 15, 2015 

The Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged; 

the State of the Union and ordered to be printed committed to the Committee of the Whole House on 

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