,,id  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #aed  #aadth
 ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,s4 #ihd    
,report ,no4 #aad-agh1 ,part ,i  ,,in   
,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives    
,april #bb1 #bjae ,referred to the      
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1 and
 in addition to the ,committee on ,ways 
and ,means1 for a period to be          
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,june #bd1 #bjae ,reported from the     
,committee on ,ways and ,means  ,july   
#ae1 #bjae,the ,committee on ,energy and
 ,commerce discharged2 committed to the 
,committee of the ,whole ,house on the  
,state of the ,union and ordered to be  
printed  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title     
,,xviii of the ,social ,security ,act to
 provide ,medicare beneficiary access to
 eye tracking accessories for speech    
generating devices and to remove the    
rental cap for durable medical equipment
 under the ,medicare ,program with      

respect to speech generating devices4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,steve ,gleason ,act of #bjae4  
#b4 ,providing ,medicare beneficiary    
access to eye tracking accessories for  
speech generating devices  7a7 ,in      
general ,section #ahfa7n7 of the ,social
 ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4          
#aciex7n77 is amended by inserting and  
eye tracking and gaze interaction       
accessories for speech generating       
devices furnished to individuals with a 
demonstrated medical need for such      
accessories after appropriate           
organizations74  7b7 ,effective date    
,the amendment made by subsection 7a7   
shall apply with respect to devices     
furnished on or after ,january #a1      
#bjaf4  #c4 ,removing the rental cap for
 durable medical equipment under        
,medicare with respect to speech        
generating devices ,section             
#ahcd7;a77#b77;,a7 of the ,social       
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#aciem7a77#b77;,a77 is amended-- 7#a7 in

 clause 7ii71 by striking or at the end2
  7#b7 in clause 7iii71 by adding or at 
the end2 and  7#c7 by inserting after   
clause 7iii7 the following new clause3  
7iv7 in the case of devices furnished on
 or after ,october #a1 #bjae1 and before
 ,october #a1 #bjah1 which serves as a  
speech generating device or which is an 
accessory that is needed for the        
individual to effectively utilize such a
 device1  4  ,july #ae1 #bjae ,the      
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce     
discharged2 committed to the ,committee 
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union and ordered to be printed