HB 2112
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-sixth Legislature
Second Regular Session
HB 2112: insurance coverage; hearing aids; children
Sponsor: Representative Willoughby, LD 13
Committee on Health & Human Services
Overview
Requires a health care services organization that issues, amends, delivers or renews evidence
of coverage to provide coverage for hearing aids.
History
A health care services organization is any person that undertakes to conduct one or more
health care plans. Unless the context otherwise requires, health care services organizations
includes a provider sponsored health care services organization (A.R.S. § 20-1051).
Hearing aids are used to improve the hearing and speech comprehension of people who have
hearing loss (National Institute of Health).
Provisions
1. Requires a health care services organization that issues, amends, delivers or renews
evidence of coverage to provide coverage for a hearing aid and any related service for the
full cost of one hearing aid per hearing impaired ear up to $2,200 every 36 months for an
enrollee who is under 18 years old or 21 years old if the enrollee is still attending high
school. (Sec. 1)
2. Allows an enrollee to choose a higher priced hearing aid and pay the difference in cost
above the $2,200 limit without financial or contractual penalty to the enrollee or provider
of the hearing aid. (Sec. 1)
3. Allows a health care services organization to make available to the enrollee the option of
purchasing additional hearing aid coverage that exceeds the described services. (Sec. 1)
4. Requires hearing aid coverage to include fitting and dispensing services, providing ear
molds as necessary to maintain optimal fit and any related services as provided by a
licensed health care provider. (Sec. 1)
5. Excludes short-term travel, accident-only, limited or specified disease policies from the
hearing aid coverage requirements. (Sec. 1)
6. Specifies that coverage for hearing aids may be subject to deductibles and coinsurance
consistent with those imposed on other benefits under the same evidence of coverage.
(Sec. 1)
7. Defines terms. (Sec. 1)
☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note