Bill DeSteph
- Republican
- Senator
- District 20
Primary
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, 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.
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, 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.
Health insurance; mandated coverage for hearingaids for minors. Requires health insurers, health maintenanceorganizations, and corporations providing health care coverage subscriptioncontracts to provide coverage for hearing aids and related servicesfor children 18 years of age or younger when a licensed audiologistprescribes such hearing aids and related services. The coverage includesone hearing aid per hearing-impaired ear, up to a cost of $1,500,every 24 months. The measure applies to policies, contracts, andplans delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on and after January1, 2021.
Approved by Governor-Chapter 1094 (effective 7/1/20)
Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
Impact statement from SCC (SB423ER)
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
Signed by Speaker
Signed by President
Enrolled
Conference report agreed to by House (91-Y 2-N)
VOTE: Adoption (91-Y 2-N)
Amended by conference committee
Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
Passed House with amendments (95-Y 1-N)
Read third time
Engrossed by House as amended
Conferees appointed by House
Conferees appointed by Senate
Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N)
House requested conference committee
House insisted on amendments
House amendments rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N)
VOTE: Passage #2 (97-Y 2-N)
Passed House with amendments (97-Y 2-N)
Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
VOTE: Passage (95-Y 1-N)
Committee amendments agreed to
Read third time
Passed by for the day
Read second time
Reported from Appropriations with amendments (21-Y 0-N)
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
Impact statement from SCC (SB423E)
Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N)
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2
Placed on Calendar
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
Read first time
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
Read second time
Printed as engrossed 20102201D-E
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB423E
Committee amendment agreed to
Reading of amendment waived
Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
Impact statement from SCC (SB423)
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102201D
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| Impact statement from SCC (SB423) | HTML |
| Engrossed by Senate as amended SB423E | HTML |
| Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB423ER) | HTML |
| Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1094) | HTML |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| Amendment: SB423AS | HTML |
| Amendment: SB423AHE | HTML |
| Amendment: SB423AH | HTML |
| Amendment: SB423AC | HTML |
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