SB1605 - Tennessee - Insurance, Health, Accident, Insurance, Liability, Tenncare

Companion Bill HB1032. Insurance, Health, Accident - Requires certain health care insurers to offer as an optional benefit hearing aid coverage for children under 18; exempts TennCare. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 7. Fiscal Summary for SB1605 / *HB1032 Increase State Revenues - $18,500 Increase State Expenditures - Exceeds $100,000 Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Exceeds $100,000* Potential Impact on Health Insurance Premiums (required by Tenn. Code Ann. § 3-2-111): Such legislation will increase premiums because most health insurance plans do not provide coverage for hearing aids. Such is estimated to exceed $100,000. Bill Summary for SB1605 / *HB1032 This bill requires individual and group health insurance policies delivered or issued on or after January 1, 2008, to include or offer coverage for hearing aids for a child [...]

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