Active middle ear implant coverage

(a) In general Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shall clarify that implanted active middle ear hearing devices are prosthetics that are not subject to the hearing aid coverage exclusion under section 1862(a)(7) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395y(a)(7)). (b) Prosthetic defined The term prosthetic has the meaning given such term in section 414.202 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation).