Coverage for Hearing Aids for Children
Summary
Coverage for Hearing Aids for Children; Requiring certain individual health insurance policies to provide coverage for hearing aids for certain children 18 years of age or younger under certain circumstances; requiring certain individual health maintenance organization contracts to provide coverage for hearing aids for certain children 18 years of age or younger under certain circumstances; specifying certain coverage requirements; providing an exception, etc.
Bill status
died
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Jan 2022
Senate Passage
Feb 2022
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 11, 2022
Last action Mar 14, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Feb 3, 2022
How they voted
34–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 37
Feb 3, 2022
D
Democratic14
92% Yea
R
Republican23
91% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
7
Committee
7
Feb 3, 2022
Upper · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0
upper
Jan 27, 2022
Upper · Passed
Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 17 NAYS 0
upper
Jan 24, 2022
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 01/27/22, 11:30 am, 412 Knott Building
upper
Jan 19, 2022
Upper · Passed
Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
upper
Jan 14, 2022
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 01/19/22, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
upper
Jan 13, 2022
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Jan 7, 2022
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 01/12/22, 9:30 am, 412 Knott Building
upper
Nov 3, 2021
Committee
Referred to Banking and Insurance; Health Policy; Appropriations
upper
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Dennis Baxley
RRepublican
Co
Annette Taddeo
DDemocratic
Co
Keith Perry
RRepublican
Co
Lauren Book
DDemocratic
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