Health insurance; coverage for prosthetic devices.
Summary
Health insurance; coverage for prosthetic devices. Requires health insurers, corporations providing health care coverage subscription contracts, health maintenance organizations, and the Commonwealth's Medicaid program to provide coverage for prostheticdevices, including myoelectric, biomechanical, or microprocessor-controlledprosthetic devices that have a Medicare code. The measure repealsthe existing requirement that coverage for prosthetic devices beoffered and made available. The measure has a delayed effective dateof January 1, 2021.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 3, 2020
Last action Feb 17, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
1
Committee
3
Jan 23, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2021
lower
Jan 14, 2020
Committee
Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Jan 3, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
lower
Jan 3, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101259D
lower
1 primary · 6 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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