STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1603-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: S.B. No. 2227

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2227, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to provide reimbursement for telehealth consultation services, unless a health care provider-patient relationship does not exist between the patient and one of the health care providers involved in the telehealth interaction.

The Department of Health, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Hawaii Medical Service Association, Hawaii Primary Care Association, Hawaii Pacific Health, Hawaii Psychological Association, Hilo Medical Center, Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children, and a concerned individual supported this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for consistency, clarity, 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 S.B. No. 2227, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2227, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

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

 

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DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair