STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1014
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2015
RE: S.B. No. 736
S.D. 1
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2015
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 736, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
(1) Requiring an insurer to send written notice to a health care provider at least 30 calendar days prior to any effort to recoup or offset a payment or reimbursement for health care provided to an insured; and
(2) Prohibiting any recoupment or offset demand efforts more than 18 months after an initial claim payment is received, with specific exceptions, including a 72-month time limit for cases involving insurance fraud.
Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2112, to facilitate further discussion.
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. 736, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 736, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,
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____________________________ DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair |
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