| | | Individual and group health maintenance organization contracts | | must provide benefits for newborn children hearing screening, | | evaluation, treatment and intervention services under Title 22, | | chapter 1687 and necessary audiologic diagnostic follow-up care | | related to hearing. Newborn hearing screening benefits may not be | | subject to a deductible or copayment.__Other newborn hearing | | services benefits may be subject to the same deductibles and | | copayments that are applicable to other health care services | | benefits. |
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| | | Sec. 8. Effective date. Sections 4, 5, 6 and 7 of this Act take | | effect January 1, 2000. |
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| | | This bill establishes the Newborn Hearing Program to provide | | hearing screening, evaluation, treatment and intervention to | | newborn children and to children within 3 months of the date of | | their birth. The program is within the Department of Human | | Services and is overseen by the Newborn Hearing Screening | | Advisory Board. The bill requires insurance policies and | | contracts and health maintenance organization contracts to | | provide coverage for newborn children hearing screening. |
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