Maryland Senate Bill 397 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 1 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-01 - Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [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

Sen. Jason Gallion [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-01	Senate	Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
2023-02-01	Senate	First Reading Finance

SB397 (Carry Over) 2023-02-01 - Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
HB1145 (Crossfiled) 2023-02-13 - Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.

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/SB0397?ys=2023RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0397f.pdf