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Governor Minner Signs Bill Requiring
Improved Insurance Coverage for Hearing Aids
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Gov. Minner signed House Bill 355, sponsored by Rep. Gerald Brady, which requires individual and group health insurance contracts to provide coverage for hearing aids of up to $1,000.00 per ear, every three years, for covered dependents 24 years of age or less. A sign language interpreter and a Communications Access Real Time (CART) device were provided for the hearing impaired attendees at the event.
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Dover, DE 18 June 2008 Governor Ruth Ann Minner today signed a bill in her Legislative Hall office that will improve insurance coverage for children in Delaware. House Bill 355 will benefit hearing impaired youth, and House Bill 286 is designed to ensure that children without health insurance receive coverage.
H.B. 355, sponsored by Rep. Gerald Brady, requires individual and group health insurance contracts to provide coverage for hearing aids of up to $1,000 per ear, every three years, for their customers who are 24 and under.
This is obviously a bill that will be of tremendous help to our hearing impaired youth and their families, Gov. Minner said. I thank Rep. Brady and our General Assembly for passing this important legislation.
I am very proud that my colleagues in the General Assembly supported my efforts to provide these benefits for children throughout our state, and I thank Governor Minner for signing this legislation as quickly as possible, Brady said.
The Bill's co-sponsors included: Representatives Carson, Ewing, Keeley, Kowalko, Longhurst, Manolakos, Mitchell, Outten, Schooley, Williams; and Senators Henry, Marshall, McDowell.
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