2024 Regular SessionMaryland Legislature

HB1339: Health Insurance - Hearing Aids for Adults - Coverage

Legislative Summary

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.

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Bill History

2/9/2024
First Reading Health and Government Operations
House of Delegates
2/9/2024
Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
House of Delegates
3/14/2024
Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
House of Delegates
3/14/2024
Favorable with Amendments {533820/1 Adopted
House of Delegates
3/14/2024
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
House of Delegates
3/18/2024
Third Reading Passed (136-1)
House of Delegates
3/18/2024
Referred Finance
Senate
3/28/2024
Favorable Report by Finance
Senate
3/29/2024
Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
Senate
4/3/2024
Third Reading Passed (47-0)
Senate
4/4/2024
Returned Passed
House of Delegates
5/16/2024
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 951
House of Delegates

Amendments

Favorable with Amendments 533820/1 Adopted

Favorable with Amendments 533820/1 Adopted

3/14/2024Adopted

Roll Call Votes

Third Reading Passed
4/3/2024
47
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Third Reading Passed
3/18/2024
136
Yea
1
Nay
1
Not Voting
3
Absent
Result: PASSED