STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 183-18
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2018
RE: H.B. No. 687
H.D. 1
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Ninth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2018
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Health & Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 687 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
For the purposes of a public hearing on this measure, your Committee circulated a proposed H.B. No. 687, H.D. 1 (Proposed Draft) and notified the public that it would be accepting testimony on this proposal, which requires insurance coverage for qualifying patients for the costs of transportation to the continental United States for life-saving medical care that is not available in the State.
Your Committee notes the concerns raised in testimony on this measure regarding:
(1) The creation of a new mandated benefit that may trigger the requirement under the Affordable Care Act that the State defray the additional cost of any new benefits in excess of essential health benefits required for the State's Qualified Health Plans; and
(2) The statutory requirement for a Concurrent Resolution requesting the Auditor to prepare and submit an impact assessment report on the social and financial impacts of any new proposed insurance coverage mandate, pursuant to section 23-51, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
Your Committee considered the merits of both H.B. No. 687, H.D. 1, as received by your Committee, and the Proposed Draft, and upon careful consideration, adopted the Proposed Draft and changed its effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health & Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 687, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 687, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health & Human Services,
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____________________________ JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair |