THE TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2017
Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Chair |
Senator Clarence K. Nishihara, Vice Chair |
AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING
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Monday, February 27, 2017 |
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9:30AM |
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Conference Room 229 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. Requires all health insurers, including health benefits plans under chapter 87A, HRS, to disclose on their public web sites any standards, criteria, or information used for making preauthorization decisions.
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RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. Requires a health carrier with a network plan to maintain a network that is sufficient in numbers with appropriate types of providers to ensure that covered persons have access to covered services.
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Clarifies that acute care hospitals are covered under the clean claims statute, section 431:13-108, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Provides the Insurance Commissioner express prior approval authority over long-term care insurance rates. Makes technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and consistency.
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RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. Updates Hawaii Revised Statutes title 24 by: requiring health care providers to continue providing services during a health insurer insolvency; moving the short-term health insurance preexisting disclosure requirement from section 431:10-104(5) to chapter 431, article 10A; amending the definition of "perceived gender identity" to correct a technical drafting error; including health insurers as part of the guaranty association; and making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and consistency.
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Clarifies that a mutual benefit society shall maintain a minimum net worth calculated based on annual net premium revenues and net health care expenditures.
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RELATING TO MUTUAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES. Requires a mutual benefit society to allow a special meeting to be called upon the written request of not less than one thousand of its members.
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. Requires motor vehicle insurers to make satisfactory arrangements with the insurance commissioner to handle claims and service policies within the State and removes the requirement for a physical sales and claims service office.
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RELATING TO CHECK CASHING. Specifies a customer has the right to rescind a deferred deposit by returning the principal amount used to fund the deferred deposit within a specified time frame. Permits customers to convert a deferred deposit into an installment loan plan in certain circumstances and specifies requirements for the installment loan plan. Protects against harmful collection practices. Defines annual percentage rate. Requires a check casher to provide a written agreement to a customer that clearly discloses specific information relating to the cost and fees associated with the deferred deposit, among other things. Caps the annual percentage rate at thirty-six per cent for deferred deposit of a personal check. Permits prepayment of deferred deposit agreements with no additional fees.
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RELATING TO REAL ESTATE BROKERS. Permits a licensed real estate broker to pay a commission to a corporation or partnership; provided that the licensed real estate broker earned the commission on behalf of the corporation or partnership and is a member, officer, shareholder, or partner of the corporation or partnership.
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RELATING TO ATTESTATION ENGAGEMENTS. Requires that peer reviews performed on public accounting firms are performed in accordance with the entirety of the Statements on Standards for Attestation Engagements adopted by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
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RELATING TO MORTGAGE SERVICERS. Exempts nonprofit organizations and their employees from the licensing and regulations of mortgage servicers.
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Decision Making to follow, if time permits.
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_____________________________________ Senator Rosalyn H. Baker Chair |
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