STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1637-14
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2014
RE: S.B. No. 2054
S.D. 3
H.D. 3
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Seventh State Legislature
Regular Session of 2014
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2054, S.D. 3, H.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"
begs leave to report as follows:
(1) Requiring health insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for screening, diagnosis, and treatment of autism spectrum disorders up to a maximum benefit of $50,000 per year and a maximum lifetime benefit of $300,000, with adjustments for inflation, for individuals under 18 years of age;
(2) Requiring the University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization to contract for the performance of an actuarial analysis of the projected costs of providing insurance coverage for screening, diagnosis, and treatment of autism spectrum disorders; and
(3) Appropriating funds to contract for the performance of the actuarial analysis.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Inserting blank amounts for the maximum yearly benefit and the maximum lifetime benefit;
(2) Inserting an unspecified age limit for required coverage; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2054, S.D. 3, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2054, S.D. 3, H.D. 3.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Chair |
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