STAND. COM. REP. NO.  116

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   H.B. No. 174

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 174 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to promote accessibility to quality health care procedures in the State by requiring health insurance coverage of medically necessary orthodontic treatment of orofacial anomalies.

 

     The Office of the Auditor, State Council on Developmental Disabilities, Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children, Hawaii Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics, and numerous individuals supported this measure.  The Department of Health, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Hawaii Medical Service Association, and an individual commented on this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion; and

 

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

 


     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. 174, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 174, 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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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair