STAND. COM. REP. NO.  386

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 561

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Human Services and Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 561 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure that government-funded health care services are only being provided to those in need by:

 

     (1)  Requiring QUEST or QUEST-net contracted health plans to notify the Department of Human Services (DHS) when members are found to be receiving coverage under a private plan as well; and

 

     (2)  Stipulating that when a person covered by insurance through QUEST or QUEST-net also has health insurance coverage through a private health insurance plan, the private health insurance plan shall be the primary payor of any covered claims.

 

     DHS and Hawaii Medical Service Association testified in support of the intent of this bill.  AlohaCare testified in opposition to this measure.

 

     Your Committees have amended this bill by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 561, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 561, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Human Services and Health,

 

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair

 

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JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair