89th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026
SF 2121: Relating to health insurance coverage for hearing aids for covered persons age eighteen and younger
Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on May 24, 2022. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.
What it does
This bill requires a health carrier (carrier) that offers individual, group, or small group contracts, policies, or plans in this state that provide for third-party payment or prepayment of health or medical expenses to offer coverage for hearing aids for covered persons age and younger as recommended by a health care professional or audiologist. The bill requires the coverage to include hearing aid fitting and dispensing services conducted by a hearing aid specialist, audiologist, or health care professional.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
Senate subcommittee · named January 27, 2022
- Sen. Craig Steven Williams (R) · craig.williams@legis.iowa.gov
- Sen. Waylon Brown (R)
- Sen. Liz Mathis (D)
Lobbying · 14 for, 4 against
For: Blank Childrens Hospital; CHILDSERVE; Common Good Iowa; EveryStep; Iowa Chapter of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners; Iowa Developmental Disabilities Council; Iowa Hearing Association; Iowa Mental Health Advocacy; Iowa Nurse Practitioners Society; Iowa Public Health Association; Iowa Speech Language Hearing Association; Medica; and 2 more
Against: Federation of Iowa Insurers; Medica; United Healthcare Services, Inc.; Wellmark, Inc.
In plain words
- January 26, 2022Filed in the Senate and sent to the Commerce committee
- January 27, 2022Senate subcommittee named: Williams, Brown and Mathis
- February 2, 2022Subcommittee recommended passing it
From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/89/SF2121