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Representatives hear testimony on HB38 to expand insurance coverage for activity wheelchairs
Summary
Representatives considered House Bill 38 to require insurers to cover activity-specific wheelchairs and related devices; advocates and clinical witnesses described denials, clinical benefits and negotiated guardrails limiting devices per member.
Representative Kathleen Cates introduced House Bill 38, which would require health plans to cover activity-specific wheelchairs and related complex-rehabilitation technology in addition to basic daily-use devices, aiming to allow people with limb loss to remain active. "This bill...is really just adding activity chair or wheelchairs to the...devices that are approved so that individuals can continue to be active," Cates said.
Advocates and clinicians made the case during the public-comment portion. Kyle Stepp, a para athlete and…
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