UPDATE: S.41 – A bill 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 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

BILL TITLE: A bill 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: Senate Bill 41 (S.41)

CHAMBER OF ORIGIN: U.S. Senate

CURRENT CHAMBER: U.S. Senate

For DETAILED LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION on S.41, visit: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/41

BILL TEXT: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/41/text

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

01/25/2021 -- Senate -- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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

SPONSOR(S)*:

-- Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]

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/senate-bill/41/cosponsors ]

-- Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]

COMMITTEES: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee.