CHAPTER NUMBER: 445
File Code: Insurance - Health
Prior Year Introduction As: HB 393/00 - ECM
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 615
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Hixson, Rosenberg, Morhaim, Finifter,
Nathan-Pulliam, Barve, Busch,
Donoghue, Fulton, Goldwater, Gordon, Harrison, Hill, J. Kelly, Kirk,
Krysiak, La Vay, Love, McClenahan, McHale, Minnick, Mitchell, Moe, and
Pendergrass
- Entitled:
-
Health Insurance - Hearing Aids
- Coverage for Children
Requiring insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health
maintenance organizations to provide coverage for hearing aids for
minor children if the hearing aids are prescribed, fitted, and
dispensed by a licensed audiologist; authorizing a limitation on the
benefit payable under the Act; etc.
House Action
- 1/18
- First Reading Economic Matters
- 2/7
- Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/24
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
- 3/21
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/24
- Third Reading Passed (136-1)
- 4/3
- House Concur - Senate Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (129-1)
- Passed Enrolled
- 5/15
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 445
Senate Action
- 3/27
- First Reading Finance
- 3/28
- Hearing 4/4 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/6
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- 4/3
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/4
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (45-0)
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Sheila E. Hixson, District 20
- Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17
- Delegate Michael E. Busch, District 30
- Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
- Delegate Michael J. Finifter, District 11
- Delegate Tony E. Fulton, District 40
- Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
- Delegate Michael R. Gordon, District 17
- Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45
- Delegate Kerry A. Hill, District 26
- Delegate James M. Kelly, District 9B
- Delegate Ruth M. Kirk, District 44
- Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46
- Delegate Richard La Vay, District 15
- Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32
- Delegate Charles A. McClenahan, District 38
- Delegate Brian K. McHale, District 47A
- Delegate Joseph J. Minnick, District 7
- Delegate Van T. Mitchell, District 28
- Delegate Brian R. Moe, District 21
- Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
- Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
- Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13A
- Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 42
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- AUDIOLOGISTS AND SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS
- DEAF PERSONS
- HEALTH INSURANCE -see also- HMOS; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS
- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- MAN CARE ORGS
- HEARING AIDS
- MINORS -see also- AGE OF MAJORITY; YOUTH
- NOTICES
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
19-706
)
- Insurance
- (
15-837
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- House
- Number: 723399/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 24, 2001 at:
9:47 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Senate
- Number: 407672/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 6, 2001 at:
12:45 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- House
- March 24, 2001: Third Reading Passed (136-1)
- April 3, 2001: Third Reading Passed (129-1)
- Senate
- April 4, 2001: Third Reading Passed (45-0)