STAND. COM. REP. NO.  28-08

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2151

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2151 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to help alleviate the shortage of medical doctors and increase access to healthcare by forming a captive insurance company to provide affordable medical malpractice insurance to self-employed medical doctors.

 

     The Hawaii Association of Health Plans supported this bill.  The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii supported the intent of this measure.  The Hawaii Insurers Council, Hawaii Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and several concerned individuals opposed this bill.  The Office of the Governor submitted comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the effective date to January 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

 

     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. 2151, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2151, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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JOSHUA B. GREEN, M.D., Chair