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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5213
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 5489
Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
(INS)
AN ACT EXPANDING REQ UIRED HEALTH INSURANCE COV ERAGE
FOR HEARING AIDS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 38a-490b of the general statutes is repealed and 1
the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2020): 2
Each individual health insurance policy providing coverage of the 3
type specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (11) and (12) of section 38a-4
469 delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, amended or continued in 5
this state shall provide coverage for hearing aids. [for children twelve 6
years of age or younger.] Such hearing aids shall be considered 7
durable medical equipment under the policy and the policy may limit 8
the hearing aid benefit to one thousand dollars within a twenty-four-9
month period. 10
Sec. 2. Section 38a-516b of the general statutes is repealed and the 11
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2020): 12
Each group health insurance policy providing coverage of the type 13
specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (11) and (12) of section 38a-469 14
delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, amended or continued in this 15
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state shall provide coverage for hearing aids. [for children twelve years 16
of age or younger.] Such hearing aids shall be considered durable 17
medical equipment under the policy and the policy may limit the 18
hearing aid benefit to one thousand dollars within a twenty-four-19
month period. 20
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 January 1, 2020 38a-490b
Sec. 2 January 1, 2020 38a-516b
Statement of Purpose:
To expand required health insurance coverage for hearing aids to
individuals older than twelve years of age.
[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.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. PAVALOCK-D'AMATO, 77th Dist.
H.B. 5213