STAND. COM. REP. NO.  275-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1707

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 1707 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to require:

 

(1)  The Insurance Commissioner, insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to make certain rate increase information available on their respective websites prior to increasing rates; and

 

(2)  Insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide, without charge and upon request, aggregated claims data to group purchasers.

 

     The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs commented on this measure.  Hawaii Medical Service Association and the American Council of Life Insurers opposed this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Clarifying that the requirement to provide the required information to the public or to group purchasers applies to insurers that provide health care coverage;

 

(2)  Deleting provisions relating to disclosures of aggregated claims data to group purchasers;

 

(3)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2070, to encourage further discussion; and

 

(4)  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. 1707, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1707, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

 

 

 

 

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair