File Code: Insurance - Health
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 160
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Hollinger, Collins, Conway, Dorman, Exum, Ferguson,
Haines, Kelley, Lawlah, Pinsky,
Teitelbaum, Bromwell, Astle, DeGrange, Della, Hafer, Hooper,
and Roesser
- 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.
Senate Action
- 2/2
- First Reading Finance
- 2/6
- Hearing 3/1 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/16
- Hearing cancelled
- Hearing 3/1 at 2:30 p.m.
- 3/19
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- 3/21
- Favorable with Amendments
- Laid Over (Senator Harris) Adopted
- 3/22
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/26
- Third Reading Passed (45-0)
- 4/5
- Senate Concur - House Amendment
- Third Reading Passed (46-0)
- Passed Enrolled
- 5/17
- Governor vetoed - Cross-filed bill was signed
House Action
- 3/24
- First Reading Economic Matters
- 3/28
- Hearing 4/3 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/5
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
- 3/31
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/2
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (136-2)
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Paula C. Hollinger, District 11
- Senator John C. Astle, District 30
- Senator Thomas L. Bromwell, District 8
- Senator Michael J. Collins, District 6
- Senator Joan Carter Conway, District 43
- Senator James E. DeGrange, Sr., District 32
- Senator George W. Della, Jr., District 47
- Senator Arthur Dorman, District 21
- Senator Nathaniel Exum, District 24
- Senator Timothy R. Ferguson, District 4
- Senator John J. Hafer, District 1
- Senator Larry E. Haines, District 5
- Senator J. Robert Hooper, District 35
- Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
- Senator Gloria Lawlah, District 26
- Senator Paul G. Pinsky, District 22
- Senator Jean W. Roesser, District 15
- Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19
- 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:
- Senate
- Number: 217970/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 22, 2001 at:
10:52 a.m. Status: Adopted
- House
- Number: 403692/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 5, 2001 at:
11:48 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- Senate
- March 26, 2001: Third Reading Passed (45-0)
- April 5, 2001: Third Reading Passed (46-0)
- House
- April 2, 2001: Third Reading Passed (136-2)