STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1042-08

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

 

RE:   H.C.R. No. 62

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 62 entitled:

 

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO ASSESS THE SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL EFFECTS OF REQUIRING HEALTH INSURERS TO PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to request the auditor to assess the social and financial effects of requiring health insurers to provide coverage for diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders.

 

     The State Council on Developmental Disabilities, Disability and Communication Access Board, Autism Society of Hawaii, Hawaii Disability Rights Center, Cure Autism Now Walk Now, Cure Autism Now Foundation, and several concerned individuals supported this bill.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 62 and recommends that it 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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JOSHUA B. GREEN, M.D., Chair