STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1234

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 622
                                        H.D. 2




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection, to which
was referred H.B. No. 622, H.D. 2, entitled: 

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to require health insurance
coverage for annual mammogram screenings for women age forty and
over.

     Your Committee finds that currently state law requires
health insurers to provide coverage for biennial screenings for
women between the ages of forty and forty-nine.  In contrast, the
American Cancer Society (ACS) recommends that all women over
forty receive annual screenings.  Your Committee believes that,
in accordance with ACS recommendations, women over the age of
forty should have access to annual mammogram screenings to reduce
the risk of cancer.
 
     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of H.B. No. 622, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass
Third Reading.


 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Commerce and
                                   Consumer Protection,



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                                   BRIAN KANNO, Co-Chair



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                                   BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair

 
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