(a) A health benefit plan that provides coverage for hearing aids may not deny an enrollee’s claim for a hearing aid solely on the basis that the price of the hearing aid is more than the benefit available under the health benefit plan.
(b) Notwithstanding § 1367.253(d), this section applies to a health benefit plan subject to Subchapter F, Chapter 1367.
(c) Nothing in this section requires a health benefit plan to pay an enrollee’s claim for a hearing aid in an amount that is more than the benefit available under the health benefit plan.