STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1493

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   S.B. No. 41

      S.D. 1

      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 Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred S.B. No. 41, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII PREPAID HEALTH CARE ACT,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure the continuation of Hawaii's Prepaid Health Care law by deleting statutory provisions that could jeopardize it depending on the finalized draft of the national health care legislation known as the Affordable Care Act.

 

     The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, the Hawaii Association of Health Plans, the American Cancer Society, the Hawaii Medical Service Association, AARP, and the Sky Ohana supported this measure.  The Attorney General provided comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Changing its effective date to "upon its approval"; and

 

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


     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 41, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 41, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

 

 

 

 

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ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair