---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to health insurance coverage for hearing aids"
description: "An act relating to health insurance coverage for hearing aids"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "H 266"
citation: "Vermont H 266 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Theresa Wood"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 39
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-16"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/311e318d-e077-45d2-83c3-8a2532a36197"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/657"
source_hash: "4a76c669888990c92508c36adf64ab776c37691d5e30c6c05f60a15999de91bb"
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-vt"]
---

# Vermont H 266 (2021-2022) — An act relating to health insurance coverage for hearing aids

## Version chain

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

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0266/H-0266%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT108/ACT108%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT108/ACT108%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0266/H-0266%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0266/H-0266%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Theresa Wood — primary (person)
- Avram Patt — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Ode — cosponsor (person)
- Dane Whitman — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Noyes — cosponsor (person)
- Emilie Kornheiser — cosponsor (person)
- Erin Brady — cosponsor (person)
- John Killacky — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk White — cosponsor (person)
- Leslie Goldman — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Hango — cosponsor (person)
- Logan Nicoll — cosponsor (person)
- Mari Cordes — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Yantachka — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Hooper — cosponsor (person)
- Tanya Vyhovsky — cosponsor (person)
- Trevor Squirrell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-16** Read First Time and referred to the Committee on Health Care `introduction`
- **2022-03-15** Notice Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-03-16** Action Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-03-16** Action Calendar: Amendment offered by Rep Goldman of Rockingham
- **2022-03-16** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-16** Rep. Goldman of Rockingham reported for the Committee on Health Care
- **2022-03-16** Rep. Goldman of Rockingham moved to amend the report of the Committee on Health Care, which was agreed to
- **2022-03-16** Report of Committee on Health Care as amended agreed to
- **2022-03-16** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2022-03-17** Action Calendar: Third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-17** Read Third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2022-03-22** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare `introduction`
- **2022-04-12** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2022-04-12** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-12** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2022-04-22** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2022-04-22** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-22** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-25** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-04-25** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-25** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-26** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-04-26** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-26** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-26** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Lyons for Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2022-04-26** Reported favorably by Senator Westman for Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-26** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare agreed to `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-26** 3rd reading ordered
- **2022-04-27** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2022-04-27** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2022-04-27** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Balint `passage`
- **2022-04-27** Senate Message, passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-28** Notice Calendar: Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-29** Action Calendar: Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-29** Senate proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-02** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-05** Delivered to the Governor on May 5, 2022 `passage`
- **2022-05-11** Signed by Governor on May 11, 2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-12** House message: Governor approved bill on May 11, 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/311e318d-e077-45d2-83c3-8a2532a36197`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).