ESHB 1222: Requiring coverage for hearing instruments.
Signed into law: Chapter 245, Laws of 2023
- Sponsor
- Orwall
- Introduced
- January 11, 2023
- Status
- C 245 L 23
- Last action
- Effective date 7/23/2023. (May 4, 2023)
- As of
- August 18, 2026, 2:01 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Requires large group health plans to provide coverage for hearing instruments. Requires the Insurance Commissioner to include hearing instruments in any updated essential health benefits benchmark plan, upon authorization from the Legislature to update the plan.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 28, 202389 yea · 8 nay · 1 not voting
- House: Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 13, 202388 yea · 8 nay · 2 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · March 31, 202348 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
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