Coverage for hearing aids required

(a) A health benefit plan that is offered, issued, or renewed in this state shall offer coverage for a hearing aid or hearing instrument sold on or after January 1, 2010, by a professional licensed by the state to dispense a hearing aid or hearing instrument. (b) The coverage offered for hearing aids under this section: (1) Shall not be for less than one thousand four hundred dollars ($1,400) per ear for each three-year period; (2) Shall provide coverage of not less than one thousand four hundred dollars ($1,400) per ear beginning on the first day of coverage; and (3) Is not subject to policy deductibles or copayment requirements. Acts 2009, No. 1179, § 1. (a) A health benefit plan that is offered, issued, or renewed in this state shall offer coverage for a hearing aid or hearing instrument sold on or after January 1, 2010, by a professional licensed by the state to dispense a hearing aid or hearing instrument. (b) The coverage offered for hearing aids under this section: (1) Shall not be for less than one thousand four hundred dollars ($1,400) per ear for each three-year period; (2) Shall provide coverage of not less than one thousand four hundred dollars ($1,400) per ear beginning on the first day of coverage; and (3) Is not subject to policy deductibles or copayment requirements. (1) Shall not be for less than one thousand four hundred dollars ($1,400) per ear for each three-year period; (2) Shall provide coverage of not less than one thousand four hundred dollars ($1,400) per ear beginning on the first day of coverage; and (3) Is not subject to policy deductibles or copayment requirements. Acts 2009, No. 1179, § 1.