SB1003
Health insurance; mandated coverage for hearing aids for minors.
Summary
As Passed Both Chambers. 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 an otolaryngologist recommends such hearing aids and related services. The coverage includes one hearing aid per hearing-impaired ear, ... (More) up to a cost of $1,500, every 24 months. The bill prohibits the State Corporation Commission from using any special fund revenues dedicated to the Commission's other functions and duties, including revenues from utility consumer taxes or fees from licensees regulated by the Commission or fees paid to the office of the clerk of the Commission, to fund the defrayal of costs for the coverage provided as required by federal law. The bill applies to policies, contracts, and plans delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on and after January 1, 2024. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/06/2023 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101628D
- 01/06/2023 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/23/2023 - Senate: Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 01/23/2023 - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/2023 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 01/31/2023 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/2023 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/2023 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/02/2023 - Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/02/2023 - Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/02/2023 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1003E
- 02/02/2023 - Senate: Printed as engrossed 23101628D-E
- 02/02/2023 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/2023 - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/2023 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB1003E)
- 02/10/2023 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/10/2023 - House: Read first time
- 02/10/2023 - House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
- 02/14/2023 - House: Reported from Commerce and Energy (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/2023 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/17/2023 - House: Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/2023 - House: Read second time
- 02/22/2023 - House: Read third time
- 02/22/2023 - House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/22/2023 - House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/22/2023 - House: Passed House with amendment (96-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/2023 - House: VOTE: Passage (96-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/2023 - Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/2023 - Senate: Enrolled
- 03/07/2023 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1003ER)
- 03/07/2023 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB1003ER)
- 03/08/2023 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/08/2023 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/13/2023 - Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023
- 03/13/2023 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
- 03/24/2023 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 473 (effective 7/1/23)
- 03/24/2023 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0473)
