Steve Gleason Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-7
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2016-12-01
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access

Health technology, devices, supplies

Hearing, speech, and vision care

Medicare

Neurological disorders
Latest action: action_date: 2016-12-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-12-01
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Steve Gleason Act of 2016</strong></p> <p>This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to&nbsp;make permanent the elimination of&nbsp;a specified payment cap&nbsp;under the Medicare program with respect to speech generating devices.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 7 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 1, 2016 Mr. Vitter (for himself and Ms. Klobuchar ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make permanent the removal of the rental cap for durable medical equipment under the Medicare program with respect to speech generating devices.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Steve Gleason Act of 2016 . 2. Making permanent the removal of the rental cap for durable medical equipment under Medicare with respect to speech generating devices Section 1834(a)(2)(A)(iv) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m(a)(2)(A)(iv) ) is amended by striking and before October 1, 2018, .