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Requiring insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations that provide certain health insurance benefits under certain insurance policies or contracts to provide certain coverage for certain hearing aids for adults; authorizing a limit on the benefit payable of $1,400 per hearing aid every 36 months; and authorizing an insured or enrollee to choose a certain hearing aid and pay a certain amount for the hearing aid without financial or contractual penalty to the provider of the hearing aid.

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Original:: Finance Click to view Recorded Media

Opposite:: Health and Government Operations Click to view Recorded Media

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Cross-filed with: HB1339

Introduced in a prior session as: SB0397 Session: 2023 Regular Session

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): January 1, 2025

History

Legislation History
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 2/01/2024 Legislative Date 2/01/2024 Action First Reading Finance Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Health Insurance - Hearing Aids for Adults - Coverage Proceedings
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 2/02/2024 Legislative Date 2/02/2024 Action Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Vote - Senate - Committee - Finance Proceedings Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/11/2024 Legislative Date 3/11/2024 Action Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance Proceedings
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/12/2024 Legislative Date 2/27/2024 Action Favorable with Amendments {523924/1 Adopted Proceedings 43 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/12/2024 Legislative Date 2/27/2024 Action Second Reading Passed with Amendments Proceedings 43 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - Third - Health Insurance - Hearing Aids for Adults - Coverage Proceedings
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/14/2024 Legislative Date 3/01/2024 Action Third Reading Passed (45-0) Proceedings 46 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/15/2024 Legislative Date 3/05/2024 Action Referred Health and Government Operations Proceedings 44 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/16/2024 Legislative Date 3/16/2024 Action Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Vote - House - Committee - Health and Government Operations Proceedings Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/25/2024 Legislative Date 3/25/2024 Action Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/26/2024 Legislative Date 3/13/2024 Action Favorable Adopted Proceedings 52CClick to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/26/2024 Legislative Date 3/13/2024 Action Second Reading Passed Proceedings 52CClick to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/27/2024 Legislative Date 3/14/2024 Action Third Reading Passed (138-1) Proceedings 53 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/28/2024 Legislative Date 3/13/2024 Action Returned Passed Proceedings 58 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Post Passage Calendar Date 5/16/2024 Legislative Date 5/16/2024 Action Approved by the Governor - Chapter 952 Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - Chapter - Health Insurance - Hearing Aids for Adults - Coverage Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
Senate	2/01/2024	2/01/2024	First Reading Finance
			Text - First - Health Insurance - Hearing Aids for Adults - Coverage
Senate	2/02/2024	2/02/2024	Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
			Vote - Senate - Committee - Finance	Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	3/11/2024	3/11/2024	Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
Senate	3/12/2024	2/27/2024	Favorable with Amendments {523924/1 Adopted	43 Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	3/12/2024	2/27/2024	Second Reading Passed with Amendments	43 Click to view Recorded Media
			Text - Third - Health Insurance - Hearing Aids for Adults - Coverage
Senate	3/14/2024	3/01/2024	Third Reading Passed (45-0)	46 Click to view Recorded Media
House	3/15/2024	3/05/2024	Referred Health and Government Operations	44 Click to view Recorded Media
House	3/16/2024	3/16/2024	Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
			Vote - House - Committee - Health and Government Operations	Click to view Recorded Media
House	3/25/2024	3/25/2024	Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations
House	3/26/2024	3/13/2024	Favorable Adopted	52CClick to view Recorded Media
House	3/26/2024	3/13/2024	Second Reading Passed	52CClick to view Recorded Media
House	3/27/2024	3/14/2024	Third Reading Passed (138-1)	53 Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	3/28/2024	3/13/2024	Returned Passed	58 Click to view Recorded Media
Post Passage	5/16/2024	5/16/2024	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 952
			Text - Chapter - Health Insurance - Hearing Aids for Adults - Coverage

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