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2021 SESSION
HB 1594 Health insurance; mandated coverage for hearing aids for minors.
Introduced by: Joshua G. Cole | 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 18 years of age or younger when a licensed audiologist prescribes such hearing aids and related services. The coverage includes one hearing aid per hearing-impaired ear, up to a cost of $1,500, every 24 months. The measure applies to policies, contracts, and plans delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on and after January 1, 2021.
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- 01/15/20 House: Presented and ordered printed 20105878D
- 01/15/20 House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 01/31/20 House: Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2
- 02/04/20 House: Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2021 by voice vote
- 02/06/20 House: Continued to 2021 in Labor and Commerce by voice vote
- 12/04/20 House: Left in Labor and Commerce