HB 906 North Carolina House · 2025-2026 Session

Reagan's Law.

This bill, titled Reagan's Law, aims to improve access to prosthetic and orthotic devices for North Carolinians with limb loss or limb difference by requiring most health benefit plans to cover these devices and related care. Key provisions mandate that plans cover all materials, instruction, and repairs for prosthetics and orthotics, allow for multiple devices based on medical needs, and prohibit denying claims for these devices that would otherwise be covered for non-disabled individuals seeking similar medical treatment. The legislation also requires insurers to provide coverage for device replacements when medically necessary due to changes in the insured's condition or device damage, without limiting coverage based on the device's age or useful lifetime. Additionally, the bill repeals state requirements for health plans to cover emergency care that duplicates federal law, aligning state regulations with federal standards.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 10, 2025 Last action May 7, 2025
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What changed between versions

Edition 1 Edition 2 · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was amended to add a new subsection (e) clarifying that prosthetic and orthotic coverage counts as a habilitative or rehabilitative benefit for federal essential health benefits requirements. Additionally, the bill was restructured to remove the original Section 1(b), 1(c), and 1(d) and replace them with new subsections (b), (c), and (d) that renumbered the reporting and effective date provisions. The substantive policy requirements for prosthetic coverage remain largely the same, though the internal organization of the statute was altered.
Scope change
The scope of the bill's applicability to health benefit plans remains unchanged, but the internal structure of the statutory sections was modified to reorganize reporting deadlines and effective dates.
REQUIREMENT

New subsection (e) was added to explicitly classify prosthetic and orthotic device coverage as a habilitative or rehabilitative benefit, ensuring compliance with federal essential health benefits requirements.

TECHNICAL

The bill's internal section numbering was reorganized; original Section 1(b), 1(c), and 1(d) were renumbered as subsections (b), (c), and (d) within Section 1, and the effective date provision was moved to Section 2.

The reporting deadline subsection was updated from referencing subsection (a) to subsection (b) to align with the new numbering structure.

Floor votes · House May 6, 2025

How they voted

1110
Passed · 10 other
Total votes 121
May 6, 2025
D Democratic46
42 Yea 4
91% Yea
I Independent2
2 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican73
67 Yea 6
91% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
16
Key actions
4
Committee
7
May 7, 2025
Committee
Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
upper
May 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed 3rd Reading
lower
May 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reptd Fav
lower
Apr 30, 2025
Committee
Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
lower
Apr 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reptd Fav
lower
Apr 29, 2025
Committee
Re-ref Com On Insurance
lower
Apr 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reptd Fav Com Substitute
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Committee
Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Insurance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
lower
Apr 10, 2025
Introduced
Filed
lower
3 primary · 19 co-sponsors

Sponsors