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Committee advances bill to expand insurance coverage for continuous glucose monitors
Summary
The Senate Business, Labor and Economic Affairs Committee moved to concur on House Bill 947, which would require insurers to cover continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) when a provider determines they are medically necessary. Sponsors and health providers said CGMs improve care and may lower long‑term costs; insurers urged caution over fiscal estimates.
Representative Fiona Nave opened the hearing on House Bill 947, describing continuous glucose monitoring devices and arguing insurers should cover them earlier in a patient’s care. "A continuous glucose monitoring device is an alternative to finger sticks to help manage type 1 or type 2 diabetes," Nave said, explaining the device measures glucose every five minutes and can transmit data to a provider or caregiver.
The bill’s sponsor told the committee she had carried a similar bill two years earlier and that Medicare policy changes and insurer coverage updates have reduced the fiscal concerns that sank the measure previously. Nave said she found no…
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