Loading chat...
NY A00149
Bill
Status
1/4/2023
Primary Sponsor
Michaelle Solages
Click for details
AI Summary
-
Requires all health insurance policies providing hospital, medical, or surgical coverage to cover medically-prescribed, non-disposable hearing aids for children fitted and dispensed by a licensed audiologist certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
-
Mandates that hearing aid coverage include an audiological evaluation medically appropriate to the child's age and prior medical clearance by a licensed physician.
-
Limits insurers' maximum benefit to $4,000 per hearing aid for each hearing-impaired ear every twenty-four months, while allowing entities to provide greater or more favorable coverage.
-
Applies the mandate to health insurance policies under sections 3216, 3221, and 4303 of the Insurance Law, covering different types of insurance plans.
-
Takes effect January 1st following enactment, applying to all policies issued, renewed, modified, altered, or amended on or after the effective date.
Legislative Description
Provides for coverage of hearing aids for child patients who are covered under a policy or contract of insurance if the hearing aids are fitted and dispensed by a licensed audiologist certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association following medical clearance by a physician licensed to practice medicine and an audiological evaluation medically appropriate to the age of the child.
Last Action
referred to insurance
1/3/2024