S. 7Senate114th Congress (2015-2017)In Committee

Steve Gleason Act of 2016

Introduced December 1, 2016

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

December 1, 2016

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Introduced in Senate

December 1, 2016

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

December 1, 2016

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Introduced in SenateIssued December 1, 2016

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.

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This Act may be cited as the Steve Gleason Act of 2016.

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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,.