W.S. 1-7 - Prioritization

(a) Eligible individuals with the greatest hearing loss must be served first until the Program funding is exhausted. The following prioritization of eligible applicants shall be established:

(i) Hearing loss as documented in the audiogram or other form pre-approved by the Department that reports the hearing evaluation test submitted with the application.

(ii) Time and date of application submission

(A) Electronic applications shall be recorded at time of submission of a complete application.

(B) Complete applications submitted by mail shall be recorded as 12:00PM MST on the postmarked date.

(b) The Department shall maintain a waitlist to provide additional hearing aids to applicants as funding is appropriated and approved.

(i) Waitlist order shall be established based on the prioritization described above.

(ii) Waitlist shall be maintained for two (2) years from date of application submission.

(iii) An updated audiogram, or other form pre-approved by the Department, that reports the hearing evaluation test or dB loss for both right and left ears may be submitted for consideration of waitlist priority.

(iv) The waitlist shall be fulfilled as funding becomes available.

Notes

W.S. 1-7

Adopted, Eff. 4/10/2025.