STAND. COM. REP. NO.765

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: H.B. No. 237

H.D. 2

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 237, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MANDATED HEALTH COVERAGE REVIEW,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to:

(1) Create a Mandated Health Insurance Service Review Panel (Panel) to assess the impacts of mandated health insurance coverage and recommend a cap on mandated health insurance coverage; and

(2) Repeal the Legislative Auditor's duty to review proposed mandatory health insurance coverage for specific health services.

NAMI Oahu and the Building Industry Association of Hawaii testified in support of this measure. Hawaii Business League, Hawaii Medical Service Association, Kaiser Permanente, Equal Insurance Coalition, and the Mental Health Association of Hawaii supported the intent of this measure.

The Office of Information Practices provided comments.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Adding three members representing the business community to the Panel; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 237, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 237, H.D. 2.

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

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair