S 9709 — Relates to requiring all insurance policies and medical assistance to provide coverage for medically necessary hearing aids for children under 16 years of age
Congress · introduced 2026-04-02
Enacts "Isabella's law" to require all health insurance policies and medical assistance to provide insurance coverage for the cost of medically necessary hearing aids for children under the age of 16.
Latest action: 2026-04-02 — IN_SENATE_COMM
Sponsors
Action timeline
- · senate — REFERRED TO INSURANCE
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Inbound (2)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-02 | Cordell Cleare | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-04-02 | Jeremy Cooney | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cordell Cleare (—, state_upper NY-30) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Jeremy Cooney (—, state_upper NY-56) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2026-04-02 · sponsored by Cordell Cleare (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-04-02 · cosponsored by Jeremy Cooney (cosponsor) · sponsorship