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Connecticut Senate Bill SB00020

Connecticut 2011 Regular Session

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1-General Assembly Committee Bill No. 20
2-January Session, 2011 LCO No. 783
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1+General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 20
2+January Session, 2011 LCO No. 250
43 Referred to Committee on Insurance and Real Estate
54 Introduced by:
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5+SEN. CRISCO, 17th Dist. (By Request)
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9+Proposed Bill No. 20
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19+SEN. CRISCO, 17th Dist.
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24-AN ACT CONCERNING INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR HEARING AIDS.
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23+AN ACT EXPANDING HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR HEARING AIDS.
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2625 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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28-Section 1. Section 38a-490b of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2012):
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30-Each individual health insurance policy providing coverage of the type specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (11) and (12) of section 38a-469 delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, amended or continued in this state [on or after October 1, 2001,] shall provide coverage for hearing aids for (1) children twelve years of age or younger, and (2) persons who have reached fifty-five years of age but have not reached sixty-five years of age. Such hearing aids shall be considered durable medical equipment under the policy and the policy may limit the hearing aid benefit to one thousand dollars within a twenty-four-month period.
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32-Sec. 2. Section 38a-516b of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2012):
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34-Each group health insurance policy providing coverage of the type specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (11) and (12) of section 38a-469 delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, amended or continued in this state [on or after October 1, 2001,] shall provide coverage for hearing aids for (1) children twelve years of age or younger, and (2) persons who have reached fifty-five years of age but have not reached sixty-five years of age. Such hearing aids shall be considered durable medical equipment under the policy and the policy may limit the hearing aid benefit to one thousand dollars within a twenty-four-month period.
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39-This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
40-Section 1 January 1, 2012 38a-490b
41-Sec. 2 January 1, 2012 38a-516b
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43-This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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27+That title 38a of the general statutes be amended to require health insurance coverage for a portion of the cost of hearing aids for individuals over fifty-five years of age.
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5729 Statement of Purpose:
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59-To require insurance coverage for hearing aids for persons who have reached fifty-five years of age but have not reached sixty-five years of age.
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61-[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]
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31+To require health insurance coverage for a portion of the cost of hearing aids for individuals over fifty-five years of age.