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The latest updates and important news regarding Let California Kids Hear and the California initiative for hearing aid coverage for children.
Forbes: California Bill Requesting Insurance Coverage For Children’s Hearing Aids
As published September 19, 2023 by Nina Shapiro on Forbes.com: Child being fitted with hearing aid. (Photo by: BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) UNIVERSAL IMAGES GROUP VIA GETTY IMAGES Hearing loss is one of the most common congenital variants seen in...
On the Verge of History: Let California Kids Hear Act Passes Legislature with Unanimous Support
In a historic moment for California’s deaf and hard-of-hearing community, legislators unanimously passed the Let California Kids Hear Act. SB 635 (Menjivar – Portantino), which would mandate insurance coverage for children’s hearing aids, now heads to Governor...
ABC 10 San Diego: Making hearing aids for kids more affordable
As published by ABC 10 NEWS San Diego on September 12, 2023. Six year-old Jake Janes has had hearing aids since he was 6 months old. His mom Christina says insurance doesn’t cover them. “When we have been denied coverage, they will say it is either elective or...
VIDEO: Apoye SB 635 (en Español)
VIDEO: FOXLA features Let California Kids Hear, SB 635
VIDEO: We Matter Too – Support SB 635
REPORT: Achieving Age-appropriate Spoken Language and Literacy in Children Born with Hearing Loss
This 2023 report by researcher Jace Wolfe, Ph.D., CCC-A provides an overview of the impact of childhood hearing loss with a focus on four areas: the impact of childhood hearing loss on brain development; the impact of childhood hearing loss on listening, spoken...
Sac Bee: California leads the world in innovation but can’t get hearing aids to deaf kids?
As published on August 13, 2023 by Sacramento Bee Editorial writer and Columnist Tom Philip Nick and Christina Janes of Rocklin pose for a portrait with their six-year-old son, Jake, who has lived with impaired hearing since birth, on Friday, July 28, 2023. They have...
Lodi News: Lodi mom hopes to be heard in effort to require insurers cover hearing aids for children
As published on July 14, 2023 by Wes Bowers/News-Sentinel Staff Writer Four years ago, a bill aimed at requiring health insurance companies in California to cover hearing aids for children hit a road block when Gov. Gavin Newsom decided not to sign it. ...
KCRA 3: Advocates push to make hearing aids more affordable for children in California
As published on July 11, 2023 A new California Senate bill would require health plans to cover hearing aids for children up to age 21. Advocates say 1 in 10 children with commercial health insurance in the state have coverage for hearing aids. Watch more below: Our...
Press Releases
- Gov. Newsom Vetoes SB 635, Dealing Crushing Blow to Thousands of CA Kids
- Idina Menzel and Rick Caruso Join Statewide “Let California Kids Hear” campaign
Thursday, August 8, 2019 - Assemblymember Bloom Tells the California Legislature the Time is Now to Let Kids Hear
Wednesday, June 26, 2019 - Legislation to Expand Insurance Coverage for Children’s Hearing Aids Advances
Tuesday, April 23, 2019 - Assemblymember Bloom’s AB 1601 Passes out of Assembly Health Committee (2017)
- Legislation to Ensure Pediatric Hearing Aid Coverage Passes Key Policy Committee (2016)
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