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HB 1391: Children Who Are Deaf Or Hard Of Hearing

GENERAL BILL by Magar ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Hutson

Children Who Are Deaf Or Hard Of Hearing; Requires health care providers to provide opportunity for child's parent or legal guardian to provide contact information so that he or she may receive information from specified service providers when hearing loss is identified; requires DOH to register certain service providers & institutions; allows parent or legal guardian to request services from participating service provider; provides that level of services received is based on child's individualized education program or individual & family service plan; provides for eligibility; provides funding formula; requires department to develop standards for participating service providers; authorizes department to adopt rules.

Effective Date: 7/1/2013
Last Action: 5/3/2013 House - Died in Health Quality Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
3/5/2013 House • Filed
• Introduced -HJ 131
3/8/2013 House • Referred to Health Quality Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 214
5/3/2013 House • Died in Health Quality Subcommittee