STAND. COM. REP. NO.  466

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1208

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 1208 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DENTAL CARE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to provide purchasers of dental insurance information on limits of use of the policy acquired by requiring health insurers and like entities who offer dental coverage to declare and execute their coordination of dental benefits policy to insureds and their counterparts.

 

     The Hawaii Dental Association supported this bill.  The Hawaii Medical Service Association opposed this measure.  The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs submitted comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, 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. 1208, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1208, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair