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:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to ensure timely recoupment and demand for offset of insurance benefits paid out in error by:

 

(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.

 

     Hawaii Medical Association, Hawaii Psychological Association, Hawaii Association of Professional Nurses, and Hawaii Medical Service Association supported this measure.  The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Hawaii Section testified in support of this measure with amendments.

 


     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