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SB408 Relative to health insurance coverage for prosthetics.

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Relative to health insurance coverage for prosthetics.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

8

Overall Impact Score

Beneficial

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

8
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Your Wallet

Prosthetics can cost tens of thousands of dollars; coverage mandate protects families from devastating medical expenses.

8
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Your Community

Enables people with limb loss to fully participate in work and community life.

7
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Your Freedom

Ensures physical disability does not limit a person's ability to live independently and participate fully in society.

Status

Sen. Rochefort Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; 05/21/2026; Senate Journal 13

Voted Yes

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Voted No

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Sponsor

William Gannon (R)

The Short Version

Would require health insurance plans to cover prosthetic devices. Ensures that amputees and people with limb differences can access the prosthetics they need without excessive out-of-pocket costs.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Amputees and people needing prosthetics
  • ▲ Veterans with combat injuries
  • ▲ Accident survivors
  • ▲ People with congenital limb differences

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Health insurers who must cover prosthetics
  • ▼ Employers and individuals who may see modest premium increases

Roll Call Detail (1 vote)

Every recorded floor vote on this bill, with each legislator's individual vote. Click a name to see that rep's full record.

Adopt Floor Amendment 2026-05-14
Failed

YES = Adopt this amendment. NO = Reject this amendment.

158R + 1D
Voted to Adopt Amendment (159)
22R + 154D
Voted Against Amendment (176)
40
Absent
18
Not voting
Show all 393 individual votes

Voted Yea (159)

Republicans (158)
Democrats (1)

Voted Nay (176)

Republicans (22)
Democrats (154)
Absent (40)

Alicia Gregg (D) , Arnold Davis (R) , Barbara Comtois (R) , Beth Richards (D) , Bill Bolton (D) , Catherine Sofikitis (D) , David Nagel (R) , David Preece (D) , Denise DeDe-Poulin (R) , Donald McFarlane (R) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Gregory Sargent (D) , Heather Baldwin (D) , Jean Jeudy (D) , Jeffrey Tenczar (R) , Jim Fedolfi (R) , Jim Kofalt (R) , Jodi Nelson (R) , John Suiter (R) , Jonathan Morton (R) , Joseph Barton (R) , Julie Gilman (D) , Kevin Verville (R) , Kimberly Rice (R) , Linda Haskins (D) , Matthew Hicks (D) , Mike Bordes (R) , Myles England (D) , Peter Varney (R) , Raymond Peeples (R) , Richard Brown (R) , Robley Hall (R) , Sanjeev Manohar (D) , Sayra Devito (R) , Sean Durkin (R) , Steven Bogert (R) , Suzanne Vail (D) , Thomas Buco (D) , Toni Weinstein (D) , Valerie McDonnell (R)

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