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Committee hears testimony on extending prosthetic coverage to state health plan
Summary
SB528 would add prosthetic devices, including secondary devices, to the state health benefit plan effective Jan. 1, 2027; patient testimony underscored gaps and a Department of Community Health fiscal figure of $1.4 million was cited during discussion.
The Senate Insurance and Labor Committee held a hearing on SB528 (LC 521037), a bill to extend prosthetic-device coverage into the state health benefit plan so state employees, public school teachers and certain Board of Regents employees would have the same coverage recently required of commercial plans.
Sponsor remarks said the bill’s purpose is to ensure state employees have access to prosthetics and secondary devices that allow full participation in daily life. The sponsor described the proposal as "rolling those same rights into the state health…
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