Maryland House Bill 1339

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Enrolled on April 4 2024 - 75% progression
Action: 2024-04-04 - Returned Passed
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Requiring insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations that provide certain health insurance benefits under certain insurance policies or contracts to provide certain coverage for certain hearing aids for adults; authorizing a limit on the benefit payable of $1,400 per hearing aid every 36 months; and authorizing an insured or enrollee to choose a certain hearing aid and pay a certain amount for the hearing aid without financial or contractual penalty to the provider of the hearing aid.

Health Insurance - Hearing Aids for Adults - Coverage

Del. Teresa Reilly [R]	Del. Steven Arentz [R]	Del. Brian Chisholm [R]	Del. Michael Griffith [R]
Del. Jim Hinebaugh [R]	Del. Kevin Hornberger [R]	Del. Seth Howard [R]	Del. Jay Jacobs [R]
Del. Steve Johnson [D]	Del. Susan McComas [R]	Del. April Fleming Miller [R]	Del. April Rose [R]
Del. Joshua Stonko [R]	Del. Chris Tomlinson [R]	Del. Tiffany Alston [D]	Del. Heather Bagnall [D]
Del. Harry Bhandari [D]	Del. Bonnie Cullison [D]	Del. Pam Guzzone [D]	Del. Terri Hill [D]
Del. Tom Hutchinson [R]	Del. Anne Kaiser [D]	Del. Ken Kerr [D]	Del. Nicholaus Kipke [R]
Del. Robbyn Lewis [D]	Del. Lesley Lopez [D]	Del. Ashanti Martinez [D]	Del. Matt Morgan [R]
Del. Joseline Pena-Melnyk [D]	Del. Samuel Rosenberg [D]	Del. Kathy Szeliga [R]	Del. Deni Taveras [D]
Del. Jennifer White Holland [D]	Del. Jamila Woods [D]

2024-04-03 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-03-18 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 136 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-04-04	House	Returned Passed
2024-04-03	Senate	Third Reading Passed (47-0)
2024-03-29	Senate	Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
2024-03-28	Senate	Favorable Report by Finance
2024-03-18	Senate	Referred Finance
2024-03-18	House	Third Reading Passed (136-1)
2024-03-14	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2024-03-14	House	Favorable with Amendments {533820/1 Adopted
2024-03-14	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
2024-02-09	House	Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
2024-02-09	House	First Reading Health and Government Operations

HB1145 (Carry Over) 2023-02-13 - Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
SB778 (Crossfiled) 2024-03-28 - Returned Passed

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Insurance	15	838	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Insurance	15	838.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB1339?ys=2024RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1339f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1339t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/amds/bil_0009/hb1339_53382001.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/votes_comm/hb1339_hgo.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/votes_comm/hb1339_fin.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/votes/House/0744.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/votes/Senate/1053.pdf