STAND. COM. REP. NO.  235-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2478

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Health and Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 2478 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT SECTION 1332 STATE INNOVATION WAIVER,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to maintain continued availability of affordable health insurance coverage in Hawaii as recommended by the State Innovation Waiver Task Force by:

 

(1)  Authorizing the State to submit a proposal for a State Innovation Waiver (Waiver) pursuant to section 1332 of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010; and

 

(2)  Implementing the Waiver, upon approval by the United States Secretaries of Health and Human Services and the Treasury, on or after January 1, 2017.

 

     The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Chair of the Hawaii ACA State Innovation Waiver Task Force, The Queen's Health Systems, Hawaii Medical Service Association, ILWU Local 142, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, and an individual testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs commented on this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Labor & Public Employment that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2478 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Health and Labor & Public Employment,

 

 

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair

 

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair