UPDATE: H.R.477 – To amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require coverage of hearing devices and systems in certain private health insurance plans, and for other purposes.

LATEST ACTION: January 25, 2021 - Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and 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.

BILL TITLE: To amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require coverage of hearing devices and systems in certain private health insurance plans, and for other purposes.

[NOTE: The contents of this legislative update are current as of 06:00 AM on January 26, 2021.]

BILL NUMBER: 117th Congress: House Bill 477 (H.R.477)

CHAMBER OF ORIGIN: U.S. House of Representatives

CURRENT CHAMBER: U.S. House of Representatives

For DETAILED LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION on H.R.477, visit: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/477

BILL TEXT: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/477/text

ACTIONS-TO-DATE (ordered by most recent first):

01/25/2021 -- House -- Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and 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.

01/25/2021 -- House -- Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and 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.

01/25/2021 -- House -- Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and 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.

01/25/2021 -- House -- Introduced in House.

SPONSOR(S)*:

-- Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]

CO-SPONSOR(S)*:

[*Note: Sponsors and co-sponsors are current as of January 25, 2021. For the most up-to-date version of the sponsor and co-sponsor lists, visit: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/477/cosponsors ]

-- Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]

-- Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]

COMMITTEES: House Ways and Means Committee; House Education and Labor Committee; House Energy and Commerce Committee.