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2004 SESSION

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HB 800 Health insurance; coverage for hearing aids for minors.

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

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Health insurance; mandated coverage for hearing aids for minors. 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 when a licensed audiologist prescribes such hearing aids and related services. Such coverage shall include one 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. No co-payment will apply. Hearing aids are not to be considered durable medical equipment.

FULL TEXT

• 01/14/04  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 047257456  pdf | impact statements

HISTORY

• 01/14/04  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 047257456
• 01/14/04  House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 01/27/04  House: Passed by indefinitely in C. & L. (15-Y 7-N)