STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1557
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2015
RE: S.B. No. 736
S.D. 1
H.D. 2
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2015
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 736, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
(1) Requiring an insurer, mutual benefit society, dental service corporation, or health maintenance organization 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 take effect upon its approval.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 736, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 736, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,
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____________________________ KARL RHOADS, Chair |
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