S1996-119

In Committee

Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act of 2025

119th Congress Introduced Jun 9, 2025

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve coverage of
audiology services under the Medicare program, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Foreign Policy, Immigration.

Who Benefits and How

health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act of 2025.
  • Section H719AA02CD5FA4EC1B955A42F5F867300: 2. Coverage of audiology services under the Medicare program Section 1861(s)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(s)(2)) is amended— in subparagraph...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve coverage of audiology services under the Medicare program, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Key Policy Areas

Healthcare, Foreign Policy, Immigration

Primary Purpose

This bill, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve coverage of audiology services under the Medicare program, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Policy Domains

Healthcare Foreign Policy Immigration

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • health care providers and patients
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health care providers and patients:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • health care providers and patients
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federal implementing agencies:
health care providers and patients:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Jun 9, 2025

Ms. Warren (for herself, Mr. Paul, Mr. Grassley, Mrs. Shaheen, …

Jun 9, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Jun 9, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Healthcare Foreign Policy Immigration
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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