HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2545

TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO INSURANCE.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  Chapter 431, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding to part I of article 10A a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§431:10A-A.  Extension of dependent coverage.  (a)  A health insurance plan issued by an accident and sickness insurer shall make available, at the option of the principal enrollee under the plan, coverage for any qualified child, as defined in subsection (b), of the enrollee.

(b)  The term "qualified child" means, with respect to a principal enrollee in a health insurance plan, an individual who, but for age, would be treated as a dependent child of the enrollee under that plan and who is under twenty-seven years of age and is not enrolled in another health insurance plan."

SECTION 2.  Chapter 432, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding to part VI a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§432-B  Extension of dependent coverage.  (a)  A health insurance plan issued by a mutual benefit society shall make available, at the option of the principal enrollee under the plan, coverage for any qualified child, as defined in subsection (b), of the enrollee.

(b)  The term "qualified child" means, with respect to a principal enrollee in a health insurance plan, an individual who, but for age, would be treated as a dependent child of the enrollee under that plan and who is under twenty-seven years of age and is not enrolled in another health insurance plan."

SECTION 3.  Section 432D-23, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§432D-23  Required provisions and benefits.  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, each policy, contract, plan, or agreement issued in the State after January 1, 1995, by health maintenance organizations pursuant to this chapter, shall include benefits provided in sections 431:10-212, 431:10A-115, 431:10A-115.5, 431:10A-116, 431:10A-116.5, 431:10A-116.6, 431:10A-119, 431:10A-120, 431:10A-121, 431:10A-125, 431:10A-126, and chapter 431M."

SECTION 4.  In codifying the new sections added by sections 1 and 2 of this Act, the revisor of statutes shall substitute appropriate section numbers for the letters used in designating the new sections in this Act.

SECTION 5.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 6.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2010.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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BY REQUEST


 


 

Report Title:

Insurance

 

Description:

Mandates the offer of health insurance coverage for dependents up to age 27 at the option of the parents.

 

 

 

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