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HB1427 • 2025

State employees; require state health benefit plan to cover cranial prostheses for certain covered persons

State employees; require state health benefit plan to cover cranial prostheses for certain covered persons

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Sponsor
Willis, Inga
Last action
2026-02-26
Official status
House Second Readers
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official text confirms the requirement for coverage and mentions definitions and cost-sharing rules but does not provide the specific content of those definitions or rules.

State Health Plan Coverage for Cranial Prostheses

This bill requires the state health benefit plan to cover cranial prostheses for certain covered persons experiencing partial or complete loss of body hair.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires the state health benefit plan to cover cranial prostheses.
  • Applies coverage only to people experiencing partial or complete loss of body hair.
  • Provides definitions for terms used in the law regarding these items.
  • Sets rules about cost-sharing requirements, such as copayments or deductibles.
  • Repeals any existing laws that conflict with this new requirement.

Who It Names or Affects

  • State employees covered by the state health benefit plan.
  • Covered persons who have lost some or all of their body hair.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill text does not specify exactly which types of cranial prostheses are included beyond the general term 'cranial prosthesis'.
  • The specific dollar amounts or percentages for cost-sharing requirements are not listed in this summary.
  • The effective date when these changes begin is not provided in the source material.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-26 Georgia General Assembly

    House Second Readers

Official Summary Text

State employees; require state health benefit plan to cover cranial prostheses for certain covered persons