The Senate said YES — 40–0!
We are deeply grateful for every senator who voted for SB 331, for Senator Caroline Menjivar and for the community of families who have continued to show up along this journey. Thank you all for never giving up on California’s deaf and hard-of-hearing children.
With overwhelming and unanimous bipartisan support in both houses, the Let California Kids Hear Act is headed to Governor Newsom’s desk. He has until September 30 to sign it into law.
HOW YOU CAN HELP NOW — Voice your support to Newsom’s office:
Call Newsom’s office at 916-445-2841
Register your support online at www.gov.ca.gov/contact
1) Topic: An Active Bill
2) What Specific Bill: SB 331 — Health care coverage: hearing aids
3) Leave Comment: Tell them why it is important to you.
Twenty-eight years after leading the way in newborn hearing screening, California can finally begin rewriting its history by helping 8,000 children in the large-group market gain access to hearing aids so they can hear their world.
Read More about this bill: https://hearinglossca.org/let-ca-kids-hear-bill/
