STAND. COM. REP. NO.  156

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   H.B. No. 248

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 248 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to require all health insurers, including health benefit plans, in the State to disclose on their public web sites all standards, criteria, and information that they use when making preauthorization decisions related to medical treatment or services.

 

     The Lanai Community Health Center, Hawaii Chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association, and Hilopaa Family to Family Health Information Center supported this measure.  The Hawaii Association of Health Plans opposed this measure.  The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Hawaii Medical Service Association, and Hawaii Medical Association provided comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2090, to encourage further discussion.

 

     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. 248, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 248, 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,

 

 

 

 

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair