FIRST REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 341
91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES HOLT, CRUMP, COLEMAN, GEORGE, REYNOLDS (Co-sponsors), HAYWOOD, HARDING, COPENHAVER, WILSON (42), CURLS, LOWE, GREEN (15), FOLEY, FARNEN, BOWMAN, MONACO AND JOHNSON (90).
Read 1st time January 11, 2001, and 1000 copies ordered printed.
TED WEDEL, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 376, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to insurance coverage for hearing aids.
Section A. Chapter 376, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 376.1223, to read as follows:
376.1223. 1. Each policy issued by an entity offering individual and group health insurance which provides coverage on an expense-incurred basis, individual or group health service, or indemnity contracts issued by a nonprofit corporation, individual and group service contracts issued by a health maintenance organization, all self-insured group health arrangements to the extent not preempted by federal law, and all health care plans provided by managed health care delivery entities of any type or description that are delivered, issued for delivery, continued or renewed in this state after January 1, 2002, shall provide coverage for hearing aids.
2. The health care service required by this section shall not be subject to any greater deductible or co-payment than other similar health care services provided by the policy, contract or plan.
3. This section shall not apply to a supplemental insurance policy, including a life care contract, accident-only
policy, specified disease policy, hospital policy providing a fixed daily benefit only, Medicare supplement policy,
long-term care policy, short-term major medical policies of six months or less duration, or any other supplemental
policy as determined by the director of the department of insurance.
Missouri House of Representatives