Title: Newborn Hearing Screening State Laws
Headings: Newborn Hearing Screening Laws
Newborn Hearing Screening Laws
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Content: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming. Seventeen states, Guam, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia require specified or all health insurers to cover the screening, including: Alaska, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia. At least three states—Massachusetts, Ohio, and West Virginia—have laws that specify who shall pay for the screening if the facility is not reimbursed by a third-party payer and parents are unable to pay. A number of states have created task forces or advisory committees on newborn hearing screening. A C D F G H I K L M N O P R S T U V W
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Alaska
Alaska Stat. § 21.42.349 (2006) requires health care insurers to provide coverage for newborn and infant hearing screening within 30 days after birth. Insurers must also provide coverage for a follow-up confirmatory hearing diagnostic evaluation if the initial screening determines that the child may have a hearing impairment. ( HB 109)
Alaska Stat. § 47.20.300 et seq. (