STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2285

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: S.B. No. 2082

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 2082 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish circumstances under which insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations are required to provide employers with employer-sponsored group health claims experience.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, the Kaiser Permanente, Hawaii Medical Service Association, and Summerlin Life and Health Insurance Company.

Your Committee finds that it is in the best interest of the entire community that individual privacy be both valued and protected. Sensitive information should be safeguarded and individuals should not be penalized for their respective health conditions. This measure specifies the type of health care information that may be provided to employer groups and the circumstances under which it may be provided.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2082 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Housing.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair