S1475 (2023-24 session)
NY State bill
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.
- Title
- Provides for mandatory coverage of hearing aids by insurers and other organizations for children
- Type
- New York State Senate bill
- Session
- 2023-24 session
- Status
- In Senate Committee
- Latest action date
- 2024-01-03
- In committee
- Insurance
- Introduced
- 2023-01-12
- Same as
- A149
- Law section
- Insurance Law
Sponsors
- Roxanne J. Persaud State Senator, District 19
Co-sponsors
- Andrew Gounardes State Senator, District 26
Heard in committee
- Insurance NY State Senate committee
Same as
- A149 (2023-24 session) NY State bill