West Virginia Senate Bill 26 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on February 13 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-02-26 - To Finance
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to require health insurers to cover hearing aids for individuals under eighteen years of age, when prescribed by a licensed physician. Coverage is limited as follows: (1)Initial hearing aids and replacement hearing aids not more frequently than every thirty-six months; (2) hearing aids when alterations to the existing hearing aids cannot adequately meet the needs of the covered individual; and (3) services, including audiometric testing, the initial hearing aid evaluation, fitting, and adjustments, and supplies, including ear molds. Covered individuals may have to meet deductibles, coinsurance, or other limitations.

Requiring health insurance coverage for hearing aids under certain circumstances

Sen. Ron Stollings [D]

Sen. Jack Yost [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-26	Senate	To Finance
2013-02-26	Senate	Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
2013-02-13	Senate	To Banking and Insurance
2013-02-13	Senate	Introduced in Senate
2013-02-13	Senate	To Banking and Insurance then Finance
2013-02-13	Senate	Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
33	15	4k	New Code	See Bill Text
33	16	3w	New Code	See Bill Text
33	24	71	New Code	See Bill Text
33	25	8i	New Code	See Bill Text
33	25A	8k	New Code	See Bill Text
5	16	7f	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=26&year=2013&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb26%20intr.htm&yr=2013&sesstype=RS&i=26
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB26%20SUB1.htm&yr=2013&sesstype=RS&i=26