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HB237: Health insurance; mandated coverage for hearing aids for minors.
Chief Patron
Del.
John Cosgrove (R-78)
John Cosgrove
(R-78)
Chesapeake, VA
Served: 2002–
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Status
01/22/2008: Failed to Pass in Committee
Summary
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 from birth to age 18 when a licensed audiologist prescribes such hearing aids and related services. The coverage shall include one hearing aid per hearing-impaired ear, up to a cost of $1,500, every 24 months.
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Votes were cast on this bill on the following dates for which Richmond Sunlight has video: 01/21/2008, 01/21/2008, 01/22/2008 and 01/22/2008.
Poll Results
4 votes
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Comments
It is way past time for this yearly introduced bill to pass the legislature. What part of the importance of hearing for children who are learning to talk doesn't the legislature understand? Is hearing a luxury item only for the well off? For our children?
Another example of why we need to eliminate insurance companies from our health system...they are NOT oriented to quality treatment and never will be.
Besides...shouldn't adults be able to hear also? Definitely children...but seems to me if someone needs a hearing aid they need a hearing aid...