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2003 SESSION

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HB 2032 Healthcare coverage; hearing aids.

Introduced by: J. Chapman Petersen | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Healthcare 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 for children from birth to age 18. Such coverage shall include 1 hearing aid per hearing-impaired ear, up to a cost of $1,400, every 36 months. The insured may choose a higher priced hearing aid and pay the difference in cost above $1,400, with no penalty to the insured or the hearing aid provider.


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