Help Ally’s Act become the Law!

Ally’s Act, H.R. 4606 was re-introduced in the House on July 22nd, 2025 for the 119th session (2025-2026). Our companion bill in the Senate, Ally’s Act, S. 3400, was introduced on December 9th, 2025 for the 119th session (2025-2026). We are encouraging everyone to write and email letters, make calls and schedule meetings with your Congressmen and Senators, asking them to co-sponsor Ally’s Act! *Please include a picture of your child or adult in your personal letter who wears these hearing devices! We are grateful to everyone for your continued support and advocacy as we continue to champion Ally’s Act to passage!
(please see below for template letters and call scripts, our 1-pager and our list of endorsers)

Ally’s Act, H.R. 4606 and Ally’s Act, S. 3400 are bipartisan/bicameral Federal bills that would close the loophole for private insurance companies to deny coverage for bone anchored hearing systems (BAHS) and cochlear implant systems (CI) for both children and adults from birth to age 64, including services, upgrades, surgery and associated costs that come along with these hearing devices. Ally’s Act, H.R. 4606 and S. 3400 would make coverage fair and consistent. If Ally’s Act becomes the law, every state would benefit from this bill’s services and would help hundreds of thousands of children and adults have access to life-changing treatment, allowing them to live the lives they dream, participate in the workplace and community and enjoy a high quality of life. These implantable hearing systems give children and adults their lives back!
Ally’s Act was proudly sponsored and introduced by Congressman Joe Neguse (D-CO) in 2019 after receiving a letter from Constituent Ally Tumblin when she asked him to help her advocate to hear better. Ally’s Act has been reintroduced, and we want Ally’s Act to pass! However, we need everyone’s help in every state! We are honored and grateful to have such an incredible leadership team supporting this bipartisan legislation that every state would benefit from. Our Congressional Leadership team includes our bill’s proud Sponsor Congressman Joe Neguse (D-CO) and co-Sponsor Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA). Our Senate Leadership team includes our bill’s proud Lead Senator John Curtis (R-UT) and co-Lead Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MASS).

* Private insurers often deny coverage for bone anchored hearing devices and cochlear implants. These hearing device implant systems are the only hearing devices some individuals can benefit from when traditional hearing aids cannot help restore specific hearing loss types. It would cost private insurers less than .27 cents per person/per year to cover these hearing device systems and their services under Ally’s Act. That’s .02 cents per person/per month! This cost is based off of total sales of all brands of these hearing devices in the US. Ally’s Act would help hundreds of thousands of people!

IMPORTANT ADVOCACY DATES 2026:
March 3rd, 2026 – World Hearing Day Advocacy week on Capitol Hill in DC
May 3rd, 2026 – Bone Anchored Awareness Day and surrounding days
The month of May is National Speech Language Hearing Month!
ACTION ALERT: Anytime during 2026
We ask for your help in calling and emailing specific offices of Congressmen and Senators, asking
them to cosponsor Ally’s Act.
Link to contact lists to call and send emails to DC offices.

Call script:

Call your Congressman in DC & say the following:

“Hi! My name is X & I would like to ask Congressman X to cosponsor a bill that matters to me! This bill is called Ally’s Act, H.R. 4606 and we would like a hearing for this bill. I am a member of the Ear Community Organization – the nonprofit championing this piece of legislation.”

Call your Senators in DC & say the following:

“Hi! My name is X & I would like to ask Senator X to cosponsor a bill that matters to me! This bill is called Ally’s Act, S. 3400 and we would like a hearing for this bill. I am a member of the Ear Community Organization – the nonprofit championing this piece of legislation.”

* The below video is from a past session with old bill numbers, but will still help you understand what Ally’s Act is and how to advocate for this bill.
When writing to your Congressmen, please use H.R. 4606 at the top of your letters, emails & for calls.
When writing to your Senators, please use S. 3400 at the top of your letters, emails and for calls.

CBS News Clip, Channel 4 Denver (2020)

Ally Tumblin, co-Founder of Ear Community, wrote to Congressman Neguse asking him to help her advocate for hearing better and he listened! Congressman Neguse got right to work introducing this bill to fix the issue. He titled the bill “Ally’s Act” in her honor.
Senator Elizabeth Warren Thanks Ally for Inspiring Ally’s Act

Fox31 News Clip Denver (2021)
NBC News Clip, Channel 9News Denver (2021)
NBC News Clip, Channel 9News Denver (2023)
NBC News Clip, Channel 9News Denver (2020)
Good Morning America Article on Ally’s Act (2021)
CNN Article on Ally’s Act (2021)
*** Scroll down for more videos on families denied insurance coverage for these hearing devices ***

Calling all families, teachers, medical professionals and advocates! Please write letters, make calls, send emails and meet with your Representatives in Congress and the Senate. Ask them to co-sponsor Ally’s Act!

Scroll down for boiler plate template letters and call scripts that you can use when writing to your local Congressmen, Congresswomen and Senators asking your Representatives to support and co-sponsor Ally’s Act, H.R. 4606 and S. 3400 Personalizing letters with your own story and struggle to get a bone anchored hearing device or cochlear implant is important!

You can find out who your local Congress representative is at the following link here.
You can find out who your local Senate representative is at the following link here.

Click on the two below links and print the following Ally’s Act 1-pager and list of endorsers and mail these with your letter to your Congressman and Senators. * Please include a picture of your child or adult in your personal letter who wears these hearing devices!
Ally’s Act 119th One Pager for both House and Senate
Ally’s Act endorser list for 119th session

: Ally’s Act, H.R. 4606 & S. 3400 1-pager

: Ally’s Act, H.R. 4606 & S. 3400 Endorser List

Example boilerplate template letters in word doc for editing and printing are below (click on the links):
Template Allys Act letter from a parent or caregiver
Template Allys Act Letter for Congress
Template Allys Act Letter for Senate
Allys Act Teacher Audiologist Template
Medical Professional Template

Example call script to a local representative
Call script to Congressmen office
Call script to Senator office

Here are some helpful media kit images that can be used when sharing on social media about Ally’s Act, H.R. 4606 and S. 3400:

: Ally’s Act We Need Your Help

: Ally’s Act, H.R. 4606 & S. 3400 1-pager

: Ally’s Act, H.R. 4606 & S. 3400 Endorser List

: What Allys Act would cover

: Fact sheet

IMPORTANT:
Ally’s Act has been assigned to (4) committees now. You must also write to the members of your state who sit on each one of these committees. If you do not find a rep from your state on each committee,
please write to the Chairman or Ranking Member of that committee.

1. This is the link to the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
2. This is the link to the Education and the Workforce.
3. This is the link to the Energy and Commerce Committee.
4. This is the link to the Ways and Means Committee.

Ally’s Act would provide the following for every state:
1. Coverage for a BAHA or CI device.
2. Upgrade replacement of these hearing devices every 5 years
3. Cover accessories including soft band headband, hard band and adhesives.
4. Cover repairs for these devices
5. Cover (1) hearing assessment per year
6. Cover (1) preoperative assessment per year
7. Cover implantation surgery
8. Cover post-operative medical appointments
9. Cover post-operative audiological appointments for fittings, programming and activation
10.Provide aural services (speech, ASL or cued speech) related to the use of this device.

Ally’s Act Bill Text
* You may also follow the status of Ally’s Act as it moves through Congress and the Senate at the bill links above.

Previous bill numbers for Ally’s Act:
116th Session H.R. 5485/S. 4532 (2019-2020)
117th Session H.R. 477/S. 41 (2021-2022)
118th Session H.R. 2439/S. 1135 (2023-2024)

Additional questions about Ally’s Act, H.R. & S.? Contact us via e-mail at: EarCommunity@gmail.com)

More information on Ally’s Act in the press:
“Broomfield girl inspires hearing aid legislation”

Broomfield Enterprise
Boulder Daily Camera

Additional advocacy news clips about Ally’s Act, H.R. and S.

Ally’s Act WCHSTV, channel 8 news clip