; (B) in subparagraph (GG), by striking and at the end; (C) in subparagraph (2)(HH), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (D) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (II) audiologist services (as defined in subsection (ll)(3)). ; and (2) in paragraph (3), by inserting (including services supervised by a qualified audiologist but excluding services supervised by a qualified audiologist under the supervision of a physician or other health care practitioner) before the semicolon. (b) Improved access to audiologist services Paragraph (3) of section 1861(ll) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395x(ll) ) is amended to read as follows: (3) The term audiologist services means such diagnostic or treatment services furnished by a qualified audiologist which the qualified audiologist is legally authorized to perform under State law (or the regulatory mechanism provided by State law), as would otherwise be covered if furnished by a physician or as an incident to a physician’s service, without regard to any requirement that the individual receiving such audiologist services is under the care of (or referred by) a physician or other health care practitioner or that such services are furnished under the supervision of a physician or other health care practitioner. . (c) Payment under the physician fee schedule (1) Provision for payment under part B Section 1832(a)(2)(B)(iii) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395k(a)(2)(B)(iii) ) is amended by inserting audiologist services, after qualified psychologist services, . (2) Payment amount and coinsurance Section 1833(a)(1) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395l(a)(1) ) is amended— (A) by striking and before (CC); and (B) by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: