Insurance Coverage for Hearing Aids for Children
Summary
Insurance Coverage for Hearing Aids for Children; Requires individual health insurance policies & individual HMOs to provide coverage for hearing aids for children 18 years of age or younger; specifies coverage requirements; provides insured & subscriber are responsible for certain costs that exceed policy limit.
Bill status
died
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
House Passage
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 28, 2022
Last action Mar 14, 2022
Floor votes · House Feb 22, 2022
How they voted
26–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 30
Feb 22, 2022
D
Democratic10
90% Yea
R
Republican20
85% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
13
Committee
16
Mar 3, 2022
Committee
Bill referred to House Calendar
lower
Feb 28, 2022
Introduced
CS Filed
lower
Feb 28, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
lower
Feb 28, 2022
Lower · Passed
Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee
lower
Feb 25, 2022
Lower · Passed
Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
lower
Feb 22, 2022
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (26-0-4)
house
Feb 22, 2022
Lower · Passed
Now in Health & Human Services Committee
lower
Feb 22, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Appropriations Committee
lower
Feb 22, 2022
Lower · Passed
Favorable by Appropriations Committee
lower
Feb 18, 2022
Lower · Passed
Added to Appropriations Committee agenda
lower
Feb 16, 2022
Lower · Passed
Now in Appropriations Committee
lower
Feb 16, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Finance & Facilities Subcommittee
lower
Feb 16, 2022
Lower · Passed
Favorable by Finance & Facilities Subcommittee
lower
Feb 14, 2022
Lower · Passed
Added to Finance & Facilities Subcommittee agenda
lower
Sep 22, 2021
Lower · Passed
Now in Finance & Facilities Subcommittee
lower
Sep 22, 2021
Committee
Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
lower
Sep 22, 2021
Committee
Referred to Appropriations Committee
lower
Sep 22, 2021
Committee
Referred to Finance & Facilities Subcommittee
lower
2 primary · 12 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ardian Zika
RRepublican
P
Chuck Brannan
RRepublican
Co
Allison Tant
DDemocratic
Co
Andrew Learned
DDemocratic
Co
Christopher Benjamin
DDemocratic
Co
Daisy Morales
DDemocratic
Co
Dotie Joseph
DDemocratic
Co
Joy Goff-Marcil
DDemocratic
Co
Linda Chaney
RRepublican
Co
Mike Caruso
RRepublican
Co
Patt Maney
RRepublican
Co
Robin Bartleman
DDemocratic
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