Follow the progress of So Everybody Can Move legislation in every state that has an active bill.
OCTOBER 2023 UPDATE: State legislatures won’t be in session for another 10 weeks or so, but that doesn’t mean nothing is happening. On the contrary, there’s been a lot happening all summer and fall. National organizers have been hard at work lining up bill sponsors, identifying grassroots advocates, assembling data, and fine-tuning policy provisions and talking points. They’ve also established a website, soeverybodycanmove.org, to centralize coordinating efforts and outreach strategy.
At the moment, five bills are ready to roll in at least five states: two holdovers from 2023 (in Indiana and New Hampshire), and new bills in Minnesota, New Jersey, and Massachusetts. They’re expected to be joined by at least another half-dozen entrants once the 2024 legislatures are gaveled into session. Legislators have expressed interest in Washington, Oregon, Tennessee, Georgia, California, Wisconsin, Ohio, Florida, and Pennsylvania, among other states.
We’ll keep filling in details about this legislation as it emerges.
INDIANA
Bill number: HB 1433 (IN legislative tracker)
Current status: Passed House of Representatives (91-0) on 2/23; passed Senate Committee on Health & Provider Services 11-0 on 3/15
Next steps: Referred to Senate Committee on Appropriations
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Lead sponsor: Rep. Harold Slager (R)
Co-sponsors: Rep. Julie Olthoff (R), Rep. Rita Fleming (D), Rep. Brad Barrett (R), Sen. Justin Busch (R), Sen. Rick Niemeyer (R)
Citizen advocates:
About the bill: Requires insurers to cover recreational prosthetic devices for all amputees aged 18 or younger if treating physician determines the device is medically necessary. Requires private insurers to offer prosthetic coverage to all amputees, regardless of age, equal to or better than Medicare prosthetic coverage.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Bill number: SB177-FN (NH legislative tracker)
Current status: Pending before Senate Health and Human Services Committee (read committee report)
Next steps: Committee debate pending
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Lead sponsor: Sen. Suzanne Prentiss (D)
Co-sponsors: Sen. Rebecca Perkins Kwoka (D), Sen. David Watters (D), Sen. Donna Soucy (D), Sen. Rebecca Whitley (D), Sen. Donovan Fenton (D), Sen. Sharon Carson (R), Rep. Bill Bolton (D), Rep. William Palmer (D), Rep. Corrine Morse (D)
Citizen advocates: Noelle Lambert, Jason Lalla
About the bill: Ensures coverage of orthotics and prosthetics for the performance of physical activities for children 18 years of age and younger.
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NEW MEXICO
Bill number: HB-131 (NM legislative tracker)
Current status: SIGNED INTO LAW: Approved unanimously by House and Senate; signed by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on April 7, 2023
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HOW TO GET INVOLVED: So New Mexicans Can Move
Lead sponsor: Rep. Liz Thomson (D)
Co-sponsors: Rep. Kathleen Cates (D), Rep. Joshua Hernandez (R), Rep. John Block (R), Sen. Siah Correa Hemphill (D), Rep. Gail Armstrong (R)
Citizen advocates: Kyle Stepp, Laura Lewis
About the bill: Requires insurers to cover recreational prosthetic devices for all amputees, regardless of age, if treating physician determines the device is medically necessary. Requires private insurers to offer prosthetic coverage equal to or better than Medicare prosthetic coverage.
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COLORADO
Bill number: HB23-1136 (CO legislative tracker)
Current status: SIGNED INTO LAW
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HOW TO GET INVOLVED: Rocky Mountain Orthotic and Prosthetic Coalition
Lead sponsor: Rep. David Ortiz (D)
Co-sponsors: Rep. Anthony Harstook (R), Sen. Faith Winter (D), Sen. Larry Liston (R)
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About the bill: Requires insurers to cover recreational prosthetic devices for amputees of all ages if treating physician determines the device is medically necessary.
ARKANSAS
Bill number: HB 1252 (AR legislative tracker)
Current status: SIGNED INTO LAW: Passed full Senate 30-1 on April 5, and full House (as amended by Senate) 95-0 on April 6; signed by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on April 13
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Lead sponsor: Rep. Lee Johnson (R)
Co-sponsors: Sen. Missy Irvin (R)
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About the bill: Requires insurers to cover the most appropriate prosthetic device that adequately meets the patient’s medical and recreational needs, as determined by the physician and prosthetist. These provisions apply only to K-3 and K-4 amputees, as per a Senate amendment.
ILLINOIS
Bill number: SB 2195 (IL legislative tracker)
Current status: SIGNED INTO LAW
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Lead sponsor: Sen. Ann Gillespie (D)
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About the bill: Requires insurers to cover recreational prosthetic devices for all amputees aged 18 or younger if treating physician determines the device is medically necessary. Requires private insurers to offer prosthetic coverage to all amputees, regardless of age, equal to or better than Medicare prosthetic coverage.
MAINE
Bill number: LD 1003, Act To Improve Outcomes for Persons with Limb Loss
Current status: SIGNED INTO LAW: Enacted May 7, 2022
Lead sponsor: Rep. Colleen Madigan (D)
Co-sponsors: Cathy Breen (D)
Citizen advocates: Jordan Simpson
About the bill: Requires insurers to cover recreational prosthetic devices for all amputees aged 18 or younger if treating physician determines the device is medically necessary.
