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CS/SB 498: Coverage for Hearing Aids for Children

GENERAL BILL by Banking and Insurance ; Baxley ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Perry ; Taddeo ; Book

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.

Effective Date: 1/1/2023
Last Action: 3/14/2022 House - Died in Messages
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Banking and Insurance (BI)
  2. Health Policy (HP)
  3. Appropriations (AP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    10/14/2021 Senate • Filed
    11/3/2021 Senate • Referred to Banking and Insurance; Health Policy; Appropriations -SJ 29
    1/7/2022 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 01/12/22, 9:30 am, 412 Knott Building
    1/11/2022 Senate • Introduced -SJ 29
    1/12/2022 Senate • CS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 -SJ 116
    1/13/2022 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • Now in Health Policy
    1/14/2022 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 01/19/22, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
    1/18/2022 Senate • CS by Banking and Insurance read 1st time -SJ 173
    1/19/2022 Senate • Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 210
    • Now in Appropriations
    1/24/2022 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 01/27/22, 11:30 am, 412 Knott Building
    1/27/2022 Senate • Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 -SJ 243
    1/28/2022 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
    1/31/2022 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/03/22 -SJ 337
    2/3/2022 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 329
    • Read 3rd time -SJ 329
    • CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 -SJ 329
    • Immediately certified -SJ 337
    2/3/2022 House • In Messages
    3/12/2022 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    3/14/2022 House • Died in Messages

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  • CS/SB 498, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/13/2022 at 2:29 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Health Policy (Pre-Meeting) 1/18/2022 (pdf)
    Health Policy (Post-Meeting) 1/19/2022 (pdf)
    Appropriations (Pre-Meeting) 1/26/2022 (pdf)
    Appropriations (Post-Meeting) 1/28/2022 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 79 (c1) Insurance Coverage for Hearing Aids for Children Health and Human Services Committee Identical Last Action: 3/14/2022 H Died on Second Reading Calendar Track This Bill

    Committee Votes (2)

    Date Committee Result
    1/19/2022 9:00 AM Health Policy 8 Yeas - 0 Nays
    1/27/2022 11:30 AM Appropriations 17 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Floor Votes (1)

    Date Chamber Result
    2/3/2022 12:26 PM Senate 36 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    627.6413 Page 1 (pdf)
    641.31 Health maintenance contracts. Page 3 (pdf)

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  • SB 498, Original Filed Version Posted 10/14/2021 at 8:37 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Banking and Insurance (Pre-Meeting) 1/10/2022 (pdf)
    Banking and Insurance (Post-Meeting) 1/13/2022 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 79 Insurance Coverage for Hearing Aids for Children Health and Human Services Committee Identical Last Action: 3/14/2022 H Died on Second Reading Calendar Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    737986 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Banking and Insurance
    (Baxley)     		1/10/2022
    5:29 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    1/13/2022     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    1/12/2022 9:30 AM Banking and Insurance 11 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    627.6413 Page 2 (pdf)
    641.31 Health maintenance contracts. Page 3 (pdf)

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