Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
Jan 18, 2024
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Referred
Jan 18, 2024
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Committee
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Senate
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House floor
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Resolve Changes
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Signed
SummaryCRS Summary
This bill requires certain medical devices with a digital interface to meet nonvisual accessibility standards established by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Specifically, the FDA must establish regulations to require a Class II or Class III medical device with a digital interface to provide a blind or low-vision user access to the same services and information, and generally the same ease of use, as provided to a user who is not low-vision or blind. (The FDA classifies medical devices in three classes. Class I devices are low-risk, Class II devices are moderate-risk, and Class III devices are high-risk.) A Class II or Class III medical device that does not meet the nonvisual access...
Timeline · 2 actions
Jan 18, 2024
Introduced in Senate
Jan 18, 2024
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.