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Senate advances $100,000 pilot to provide hearing aids to infants lacking coverage
Summary
Senators debated and moved House Bill 157, a two-year $100,000 pilot program to fund hearing aids for infants and young children without coverage. Supporters emphasized language-development benefits and long-term education savings; critics raised fiscal and Medicaid-policy questions.
The Utah Senate advanced First Substitute House Bill 157, a two-year pilot program authorizing $100,000 to provide hearing aids for infants and young children who lack insurance coverage and meet economic-need criteria.
Senator Osmond, sponsor of HB 157, told colleagues that approximately 106 infants are born each year in Utah with permanent hearing loss; she said about 26 percent have coverage through Medicaid or other insurance, leaving roughly 78…
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