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Senate committee hears bill to require Medicaid, CHIP coverage for cranial helmets for infants
Summary
The Senate Committee on Health & Human Services heard testimony on House Bill 426 to add cranial-remodeling helmets as a Medicaid and CHIP benefit for infants; resource witnesses said helmets are already covered for some diagnoses and the bill carries a biennial fiscal note of more than $5 million.
House Bill 426 would require Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program to cover cranial-remodeling helmets for infants with conditions that affect skull shape.
Senator West, the bill’s sponsor, told the Committee on Health & Human Services the device “mold[s] a child's head into the proper shape” and is intended for…
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