Repealed 7/1/2023)
Repealed 7/1/2023
26B-4-322. Children’s Hearing Aid Program — Rulemaking.
| (1) |
The department shall offer a program to provide hearing aids to children who qualify under this section. |
Terms Used In Utah Code 26B-4-322
- Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
| (2) |
The department shall provide hearing aids to a child who:
| (a) |
is younger than six years old; |
| (b) |
is a resident of Utah; |
| (c) |
has been diagnosed with hearing loss by:
| (i) |
an audiologist with pediatric expertise; and |
| (ii) |
a physician or physician assistant; |
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| (d) |
provides documentation from an audiologist with pediatric expertise certifying that the child needs hearing aids; |
| (e) |
has obtained medical clearance by a medical provider for hearing aid fitting; |
| (f) |
does not qualify to receive a contribution that equals the full cost of a hearing aid from the state‘s Medicaid program or the Utah Children’s Health Insurance Program; and |
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| (3) |
| (a) |
For each child who receives a hearing aid under Subsection (2), the department shall maintain a record of the cost of providing services to the child under this section. |
| (b) |
No more than six months after services are provided to a child under this section, the department shall send a letter to the family of the child who received services that includes information regarding:
| (i) |
the total amount paid by the department to provide services to the child under this section; and |
| (ii) |
the process by which the family may donate all or part of the amount paid to provide services to the child to fund the Children’s Hearing Aid Program. |
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| (c) |
All donations made under Subsection (4)(c) shall be deposited into the Children’s Hearing Aid Program Restricted Account created in Section 26B-1-333. |
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| (4) |
The department shall make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, to establish procedures for:
| (a) |
identifying the children who are financially eligible to receive services under the program; |
| (b) |
reviewing and paying for services provided to a child under the program; and |
| (c) |
an individual to donate to the program all or part of the cost of providing services to a child under this section, without regard to whether the donation is made in response to the letter described in Subsection (3)(b). |
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Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 307, 2023 General Session
Repealed by Chapter 534, 2023 General Session
