New York A 680: Relates to the mandatory coverage of hearing aids by insurers and other organizations

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A00680 Summary:

BILL NOA00680A

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SAME ASSAME AS S00514-A

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SPONSORSolages

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COSPNSRStern, Colton, Hunter, Forrest, Steck, Jacobson, Meeks, Lavine, Hevesi, Shrestha, Raga, Bores,
 Conrad, Ra, DeStefano, McDonough, Brown K

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§3221 & 4303, Ins L

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Relates to the mandatory coverage of hearing aids by insurers and other organizations.

Go to top A00680 Actions:

BILL NOA00680A

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01/08/2025referred to insurance

01/07/2026referred to insurance

05/20/2026amend and recommit to insurance

05/20/2026print number 680a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 680--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES, STERN, COLTON, HUNTER, FORREST, STECK,
 JACOBSON, MEEKS, LAVINE, HEVESI, SHRESTHA, RAGA, BORES, CONRAD, RA,
 DeSTEFANO, McDONOUGH, K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Insurance -- recommitted to the Committee on Insurance in
 accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to the mandatory coverage
 of hearing aids by insurers and other organizations

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by adding a
 2 new subsection (w) to read as follows:
 3 (w) (1) As used in this subsection, "hearing aid" shall have the same
 4 meaning and definition used in section seven hundred eighty-nine of the
 5 general business law.
 6 (2) Every large group policy which provides major medical or compre-
 7 hensive-type coverage shall include coverage for the cost of hearing
 8 aids when the insured has not attained the age of twenty-seven and has
 9 received a medical evaluation and such hearing aids are fitted and
 10 dispensed by an audiologist registered as a hearing aid dispenser or a
 11 registered hearing aid dispenser registered in accordance with article
 12 thirty-seven-A of the general business law, provided an entity subject
 13 to this subsection may limit the benefit payable under this subsection
 14 to two thousand five hundred dollars per hearing aid for each hearing-
 15 impaired ear every thirty-six months.
 16 (3) This subsection does not prohibit an entity subject to the
 17 provisions of this subsection from providing coverage that is greater or
 18 more favorable to an insured or enrolled individual.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01662-04-6

 A. 680--A 2

 1 (4) An entity subject to the provisions of this subsection shall
 2 provide coverage for the cost of hearing aids dispensed by an in-network
 3 audiologist registered as a hearing aid dispenser or a registered hear-
 4 ing aid dispenser and shall not limit or deny coverage of the cost of a
 5 hearing aid based on the style, brand, or circuit type of the hearing
 6 aid.
 7 § 2. Section 4303 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new
 8 subsection (yy) to read as follows:
 9 (yy)(1) As used in this subsection, "hearing aid" shall have the same
 10 meaning and definition used in section seven hundred eighty-nine of the
 11 general business law.
 12 (2) Every large group policy which provides medical, major medical or
 13 comprehensive-type coverage shall include coverage for the cost of hear-
 14 ing aids when the insured has not attained the age of twenty-seven and
 15 has received a medical evaluation and such hearing aids are fitted and
 16 dispensed by an audiologist registered as a hearing aid dispenser or a
 17 registered hearing aid dispenser registered in accordance with article
 18 thirty-seven-A of the general business law, provided an entity subject
 19 to this subsection may limit the benefit payable under this subsection
 20 to two thousand five hundred dollars per hearing aid for each hearing-
 21 impaired ear every thirty-six months.
 22 (3) This subsection does not prohibit an entity s