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SJ 366 Hearing aids, children's; joint subcommittee to study funding and promotion thereof.

Introduced by: Patricia S. Ticer | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Study of the funding and promotion of children's hearing aids; report.  Establishes a joint subcommittee to study the funding and promotion of children's hearing aids. In conducting its study, the joint subcommittee shall assess current efforts and recommend new methods to promote and publicize the Assistive Technology Loan Fund Authority (ATLFA) and the Consumer Services Fund (CSF) to parents of children determined to be born with a hearing deficiency discovered under the early identification and intervention program.

The subcommittee shall determine the costs to insurance companies that would result from a mandate to supply hearing aids to children up to age six. Further, the subcommittee shall assess whether individual case management services should be added to the early identification program in order to ensure that each child actually receives appropriate hearing aids. Case management services to be considered shall include, but not be limited to, the identification of available public and private resources or benefits, and an opt-out provision for parents who do not wish for their children to receive such services.

The joint subcommittee shall complete its meetings by November 30, 2005, and submit an executive summary of its findings and recommendations no later than the first day of the 2006 Regular Session of the General Assembly.


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HISTORY

  • 01/12/05  Senate: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 059171828
  • 01/12/05  Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
  • 01/14/05  Senate: Introduced bill reprinted 059171828
  • 02/04/05  Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Rules by voice vote