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CS/SB 1240: Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

GENERAL BILL by Health Policy ; Richter ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Bean ; Sobel

Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing; Requiring health care providers to provide an opportunity for a child’s parent or legal guardian to provide contact information so that he or she may receive information from specified service providers when the hearing loss is identified; requiring the Department of Health to register certain service providers and institutions; allowing a parent or legal guardian to request services from a participating service provider; providing that the level of services received is based on the child’s individualized education program or individual and family service plan, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2013
Last Action: 5/3/2013 Senate - Died in Education
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Education (ED)
  3. Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
  4. Appropriations (AP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/27/2013 Senate • Filed
    3/1/2013 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 92
    3/5/2013 Senate • Introduced -SJ 92
    3/15/2013 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/20/13, 3:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
    3/20/2013 Senate • CS by Health Policy; YEAS 8 NAYS 1 -SJ 240
    3/22/2013 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    3/25/2013 Senate • CS by Health Policy read 1st time -SJ 252
    3/27/2013 Senate • Now in Education -SJ 240
    5/3/2013 Senate • Died in Education

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  • CS/SB 1240, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/22/2013 at 1:06 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1391 Children Who Are Deaf Or Hard Of Hearing Magar Similar Last Action: 5/3/2013 H Died in Health Quality Subcommittee
    Location: In committee/council (HQS)

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  • SB 1240, Original Filed Version Posted 2/27/2013 at 11:57 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Health Policy (Pre-Meeting) 3/19/2013 (pdf)
    Health Policy (Post-Meeting) 3/22/2013 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1391 Children Who Are Deaf Or Hard Of Hearing Magar Identical Last Action: 5/3/2013 H Died in Health Quality Subcommittee
    Location: In committee/council (HQS)

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    914852 - Amendment
    Delete line 49 and insert:
    Health Policy
    (Grimsley)
    3/19/2013
    6:22 PM
    Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/20/2013
    Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    3/20/2013 3:00 PM Health Policy 8 Yeas - 1 Nays

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