THE SENATE
THE TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2015
COMMITTEE
ON JUDICIARY AND LABOR
Senator Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran, Chair
Senator Maile S.L. Shimabukuro, Vice-Chair
MEASURES DEFERRED TO WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2016
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DATE:
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Wednesday, February 17, 2016
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TIME:
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10:35 AM
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PLACE:
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Conference Room 016
State Capitol
415 South Beretania Street
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DECISION MAKING ON THE
FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):
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SB2098
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO HEALTH.
Clarifies that medical health professionals who are employed by the State
receive a qualified immunity from personal liability when exercising their
governmental discretion as employees of the State when acting in the course
and scope of their state employment.
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CPH/JDL, WAM
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SB2668
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO INSURANCE.
Establishes a dispute resolution process by which a dispute for a bill for
emergency services or a surprise bill may be resolved. Specifies disclosure
requirements for health care professionals and health care facilities,
including estimated costs for health care services and information on
participating provider networks. Specifies that an insured shall not be
liable to a health care provider for any sums owed by an insurer. Specifies
that an insurer who receives emergency services from a nonparticipating
provider shall not incur greater out-of-pocket costs for the emergency
services than the insured would have incurred with a participating provider.
Specifies additional disclosure requirements for health insurance plans,
including payment methodologies and updated participating provider
directories. Requires health insurance plans to provide at least one option
for coverage for at least eighty per cent of the usual and customary cost of
each out-of-network health care service in inadequate network situations.
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CPH/JDL, WAM
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No testimony will be accepted.
FOR AMENDED NOTICES: Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and
measures that have been added are underscored. If a measure is both
underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the
agenda.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 808-586-7344.