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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 576
To expand Medicare coverage to include eyeglasses, hearing aids, and dental
care.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 15, 2019
Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD (for herself, Mr. AGUILAR, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. BISHOP
of Georgia, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE
of Pennsylvania, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. CAR-
SON of Indiana, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms.
CLARKE of New York, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. CORREA, Mr.
DEFAZIO, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr.
DEUTCH, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. GALLEGO,
Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HECK,
Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. KELLY of Illinois,
Mr. KILMER, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. LARSON
of Connecticut, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. LOWENTHAL,
Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. MCCOL-
LUM, Mr. MCEACHIN, Ms. MENG, Ms. MOORE, Mr. MOULTON, Mrs.
NAPOLITANO, Ms. NORTON, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Mr. POCAN, Miss RICE of
New York, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. RUSH, Mr. RYAN, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. SAR-
BANES, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr.
SERRANO, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. SOTO, Mr.
SUOZZI, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. THOMPSON of
Mississippi, Ms. TITUS, Mr. TONKO, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mr.
VEASEY, Mr. VELA, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mrs.
WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. WELCH, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. PETERS,
and Mr. TED LIEU of California) 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 de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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•HR 576 IH
A BILL
To expand Medicare coverage to include eyeglasses, hearing
aids, and dental care.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Seniors Have Eyes,
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Ears, and Teeth Act’’.
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SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF MEDICARE COVERAGE.
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Section 1862(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
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1395y(a)) is amended—
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(1) in paragraph (7) by striking ‘‘, eyeglasses’’
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through ‘‘hearing aids or examinations therefor,’’;
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and
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(2) in paragraph (12) by striking ‘‘where such
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expenses are for services in connection with the care,
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treatment, filling, removal, or replacement of teeth
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or structures directly supporting teeth, except that’’.
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