Bill Text: MI HB5046 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Insurance; health; coverage for hearing aids and cochlear implants for children under 18 years old; provide for. Amends 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.100 - 500.8302) by adding sec. 3406s.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-06-09 - Printed Bill Filed 06/05/2009 [HB5046 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-HB5046-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5046

 

June 4, 2009, Introduced by Reps. Dean, Roy Schmidt, Lemmons, Spade, Lipton, Bauer, Cushingberry, Durhal, Bettie Scott, Haase, Gregory, Hammel, Polidori, Melton and Scripps and referred to the Committee on Insurance.

 

     A bill to amend 1956 PA 218, entitled

 

"The insurance code of 1956,"

 

(MCL 500.100 to 500.8302) by adding section 3406s.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 3406s. (1) An expense-incurred hospital, medical, or

 

surgical policy or certificate delivered, issued for delivery, or

 

renewed in this state and a health maintenance organization group

 

or individual contract shall provide coverage for the cost of

 

hearing aids or cochlear implants and related professional services

 

for a child covered under the policy, certificate, or contract who

 

is under 18 years old and who is certified as having a hearing loss

 

that is treatable with hearing aids or cochlear implants by a

 

licensed physician or licensed audiologist.

 

     (2) Coverage under subsection (1) may be subject to dollar

 

limits, copayments, deductibles, or coinsurance provisions that

 

apply generally under the policy, certificate, or contract.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect January

 

1, 2010.