---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT EXPANDING REQUIRED HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR HEARING AIDS."
description: "AN ACT EXPANDING REQUIRED HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR HEARING AIDS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5213"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5213 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health insurance", "Hearing aids"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bizzarro, Gennaro", "Blumenthal, Matt", "Borer, Dorinda", "Carney, Devin R.", "Cummings, Stephanie E.", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Hall, Carol", "Kelly, Kevin C.", "Kennedy, Kathy", "Pavalock-D'Amato, Cara Christine", "Petit, William A.", "Reyes, Geraldo C.", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Serra, Joseph C.", "Somers, Heather S.", "Yaccarino, Dave W."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b39b6669-bb6f-41c8-af35-7df1098a8720"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "3f839adefb7120ebcff61c35d67a7392fbe5fb77d2d0a721ea38989048a89299"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ct"]
---

# Connecticut HB 5213 (2019) — AN ACT EXPANDING REQUIRED HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR HEARING AIDS.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-05213-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **INS Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-05213-R02-HB.PDF)
3. **Proposed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-05213-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Bizzarro, Gennaro — primary (person)
- Blumenthal, Matt — primary (person)
- Borer, Dorinda — primary (person)
- Carney, Devin R. — primary (person)
- Cummings, Stephanie E. — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Hall, Carol — primary (person)
- Kelly, Kevin C. — primary (person)
- Kennedy, Kathy — primary (person)
- Pavalock-D'Amato, Cara Christine — primary (person)
- Petit, William A. — primary (person)
- Reyes, Geraldo C. — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Serra, Joseph C. — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather S. — primary (person)
- Yaccarino, Dave W. — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-11** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Insurance and Real Estate `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-24** Reserved for Subject Matter Public Hearing
- **2019-02-01** PUBLIC HEARING 0207
- **2019-02-28** Vote to Draft
- **2019-03-07** DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
- **2019-03-08** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Insurance and Real Estate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-18** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-03-27** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/01/19
- **2019-04-02** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-04-02** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2019-04-02** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 175
- **2019-04-02** FILE NO. 269
- **2019-05-23** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-05-23** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2019-05-28** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-05-28** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 619
- **2019-05-28** FILE NO. 998
- **2019-06-05** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-06-05** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-06-05** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2019-06-24** PUBLIC ACT 19-133 `became-law`
- **2019-06-27** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2019-06-27** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2019-07-01** SIGNED BY GOVERNOR `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b39b6669-bb6f-41c8-af35-7df1098a8720`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).