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2002 SESSION

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SB 401 Health care coverage; hearing aids.

Introduced by: R. Edward Houck | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Health care coverage; hearing aids. Requires health insurers, health maintenance organizations and corporations providing health care coverage subscription contracts to provide coverage for hearing aids and related services. Such coverage shall include one hearing aid per hearing-impaired ear, up to a cost of $1,200, every 48 months. The insured may choose a higher priced hearing aid and pay the difference in cost above $1,200, with no penalty to the insured or the hearing aid provider. The mandate does notc apply to individual or small group policies, and does not cover aids for impaired ears that do not indicate a hearing loss of 30 dB or greater for at least one frequency between 500 Hz and 4,000 Hz. Insurers are prohibited from charging a copayment or fee exceeding $100 per hearing aid.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/02  Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/09/02 025419444  pdf | impact statement

HISTORY

• 01/09/02  Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/09/02 025419444
• 01/09/02  Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 01/28/02  Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in C. & L. (7-Y 7-N)