Title: Seniors Have Eyes, Ears, and Teeth Act of 2017
Policy area: Health

Summary:
Seniors Have Eyes, Ears, and Teeth Act of 2017
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to expand Medicare coverage to include eyeglasses, hearing aids, and dental care.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 508 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 508

 To expand Medicare coverage to include eyeglasses, hearing aids, and 
                              dental care.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 12, 2017

 Ms. Roybal-Allard (for herself, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Loebsack, 
Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. Serrano, Ms. 
 Kaptur, Mr. Clay, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Danny 
  K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. 
   Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Ms. Bass, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. 
Cardenas, Ms. Hanabusa, Mr. Aguilar, Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Lee, 
    Mr. Moulton, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Vela, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Matsui, Ms. 
 Tsongas, Ms. Speier, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. Shea-Porter, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. 
Welch, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Keating, Ms. DelBene, 
 Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Takano, Mr. Delaney, Ms. Moore, Mr. Meeks, 
   Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Norton, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Cohen, Mr. 
Foster, Mr. Soto, Mr. Jeffries, Mr. Evans, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, 
 Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Hastings, Mrs. Radewagen, Mrs. Watson Coleman, 
    Mr. Gallego, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Meng, Ms. 
Brownley of California, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Capuano, Ms. Esty, Ms. Wilson 
of Florida, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Connolly, Mrs. Napolitano, 
    Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. Maxine Waters of California, Mr. Peters, Ms. 
  Slaughter, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Sablan, Mr. 
Cummings, Mr. Heck, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Suozzi, Ms. Plaskett, Ms. Clarke of 
 New York, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Mr. Ruiz, 
  Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Sherman, Mr. 
  Kennedy, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. 
    O'Halleran, Mr. O'Rourke, Ms. Titus, Mr. Gonzalez of Texas, Mr. 
Lowenthal, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Rush, Mr. Blumenauer, 
   Mrs. Torres, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Ms. Castor of 
 Florida, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Carson 
  of Indiana, Ms. McCollum, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Larson of 
 Connecticut, Mr. Swalwell of California, Ms. Judy Chu of California, 
 Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Correa, Mrs. Bustos, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. 
    Perlmutter, Mr. DeSaulnier, and Mr. Cartwright) introduced the 
   following bill; which was 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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To expand Medicare coverage to include eyeglasses, hearing aids, and 
                              dental care.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Seniors Have Eyes, Ears, and Teeth 
Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF MEDICARE COVERAGE.

    Section 1862(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395y(a)) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (7) by striking ``, eyeglasses'' through 
        ``hearing aids or examinations therefor,''; and
            (2) in paragraph (12) by striking ``where such expenses are 
        for services in connection with the care, treatment, filling, 
        removal, or replacement of teeth or structures directly 
        supporting teeth, except that''.
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