STAND. COM. REP. NO. 72-12
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2012
RE: H.B. No. 1736
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2012
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 1736 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
(1) Creating a separate program and risk pool to serve the individual market and a separate program and risk pool to serve the small group market;
(2) Establishing the Navigator Program under which the Hawaii Health Connector may award grants to entities that are selected by the Hawaii Health Connector Board to serve as navigators;
(3) Establishing staggered terms of Hawaii Health Connector Board members; and
(4) Specifying the role of the Department of Human Services in making a determination of Medicaid eligibility for each individual who applies through the Hawaii Health Connector unless the applicant declines an eligibility determination.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Clarifying the language to indicate a separate program and risk pool to serve the individual market and a separate program and risk pool to serve the small group market;
(2) Establishing a timeline for Hawaii Health Connector Board member nominations and confirmations occurring after February 1, 2012; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
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 H.B. No. 1736, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1736, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,
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____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair |