30:4J-12.2 NJ FamilyCare Program to provide coverage for hearing aids, cochlear implant for covered persons.
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11. a. The Commissioner of Human Services shall ensure that every contract for health care services under the NJ FamilyCare Program established pursuant to sections 3 through 5 of P.L.2005, c.156 (C.30:4J-10 through C.30:4J-12), entered into on or after the effective date of this act, provides benefits for medically necessary expenses incurred in the purchase of a hearing aid or cochlear implant for a covered person, as provided in this section.
b. The benefits shall include the purchase of a hearing aid for each ear, when medically necessary and as prescribed or recommended by a licensed physician or audiologist. The commissioner may limit the benefit provided in this section to one hearing aid for each hearing-impaired ear every 24 months.
c. The benefits shall provide coverage of the cost of treatment related to cochlear implants, including procedures for the implantation of cochlear devices and costs for any parts, attachments, or accessories of the device, including replacement of obsolete external cochlear implant processors.
L.2008, c.126, s.11; amended 2023, c.275, s.10.