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2008 SESSION
HB 237 Health insurance; mandated coverage for hearing aids for minors.
Introduced by: John A. Cosgrove | 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. The coverage shall include one hearing aid per hearing-impaired ear, up to a cost of $1,500, every 24 months.
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HISTORY
- 12/28/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 081080472
- 12/28/07 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/22/08 House: Passed by in Commerce and Labor with letter by voice vote