Committee hears testimony on extending prosthetic coverage to state health plan
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.
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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.
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