Virginia House Bill 1594 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 30-3)
Status: Introduced on January 15 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-12-04 - Left in Labor and Commerce
Pending: House Labor and Commerce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Health insurance; mandated coverage for hearing aids for minors. Requires health insurers, health maintenance organizations, and corporations providing health care coverage subscription contracts to provide coverage for hearing aids and related services for children 18 years of age or younger when a licensed audiologist prescribes such hearing aids and related services. The coverage includes one hearing aid per hearing-impaired ear, up to a cost of $1,500, every 24 months. The measure applies to policies, contracts, and plans delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on and after January 1, 2021. Health insurance; mandated coverage for hearing aids for minors. Requires health insurers, health maintenance organizations, and corporations providing health care coverage subscription contracts to provide coverage for hearing aids and related services for children 18 years of age or younger when a licensed audiologist prescribes such hearing aids and related services. The coverage includes one hearing aid per hearing-impaired ear, up to a cost of $1,500, every 24 months. The measure applies to policies, contracts, and plans delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on and after January 1, 2021.

Health insurance; mandated coverage for hearing aids for minors.

Del. Joshua Cole [D]	Del. Alex Askew [D]	Del. Hala Ayala [D]	Sen. Lamont Bagby [D]
Del. Jeffrey Bourne [D]	Del. David Bulova [D]	Sen. Jennifer Carroll Foy [D]	Del. Nancy Guy [D]
Del. Dan Helmer [D]	Del. Steve Heretick [D]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]	Del. Sally Hudson [D]
Del. Clinton Jenkins [D]	Del. Jerrauld Jones [D]	Del. Terry Kilgore [R]	Del. Barry Knight [R]
Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Paul Krizek [D]	Del. Delores McQuinn [D]	Del. Martha Mugler [D]
Del. Kathleen Murphy [D]	Del. Kenneth Plum [D]	Del. Sam Rasoul [D]	Del. Ibraheem Samirah [D]
Del. Don Scott [D]	Del. Mark Sickles [D]	Del. Shelly Simonds [D]	Del. Kathy Tran [D]
Del. Roslyn Tyler [D]	Del. William Wampler [R]	Del. Jeion Ward [D]	Del. Vivian Watts [D]
Del. Rodney Willett [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-12-04	House	Left in Labor and Commerce
2020-02-06	House	Continued to 2021 in Labor and Commerce by voice vote
2020-02-04	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2021 by voice vote
2020-01-31	House	Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2
2020-01-15	House	Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
2020-01-15	House	Presented and ordered printed 20105878D

HB1594 (Carry Over) 2020-02-06 - Continued to 2021 in Labor and Commerce by voice vote

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
38	2	3418.18	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	4319	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+sum+HB1594
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+HB1594+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+oth+HB1594F171+PDF