SB 844 SD 2 HD 2 CD 1

RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE

By Senator(s) CHUN OAKLAND / KANNO; Levin

Keywords: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DRUGS, INSURANCE, LIQUOR, MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE

Report Title: Mental Health Parity

Description: Provides that specified health insurance plans subject to chapter 431M shall not impose conditions and limits on serious mental illness benefits, if similar conditions or limits are not applied for other medical or surgical conditions. Establishes a Hawaii Mental Health Insurance Task Force to study the financial and social implications of mandated equal mental illness and substance abuse insurance coverage in Hawaii, that is to report to the legislature before the 2001 regular session, and on certain treatment and utilization guidelines before the 2000 regular session. (CD1)

 1-22-99        S Introduced and passed First Reading                      
 1-25-99        S Referred to 1. HHS 2. CPN                                
 2- 5-99        S Bill scheduled to be heard by HHS on 02-10-99 at
                  2:30 p.m. in conference room 229
 2-10-99        S The committee on HHS deferred the measure until
                  02-12-99 at 1:00 p.m. in conference room 229.
 2-12-99        S The committee on HHS recommends that the measure be         
                  PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
 2-12-99        S The votes in HHS were as follows: 5 Ayes: Senator(s)        
                  Chun Oakland, Iwase, Fukunaga, Levin, Anderson; Ayes        
                  with reservations: Senator(s) ; none Noes:
                  Senator(s) ; and none Excused: Senator(s)
 2-19-99        S Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 479) with
                  recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as
                  amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN
 2-19-99        S Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended
                  (SD 1) and referred to CPN.
 2-24-99        S Bill scheduled to be heard by CPN on 02-26-99 at
                  9:00 a.m. in conference room 016
 2-26-99        S The committee on CPN recommends that the measure be         
                  PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
 2-26-99        S The votes in CPN were as follows: 5 Ayes: Senator(s)        
                  Kanno, Taniguchi, Hanabusa, Matsuura, Slom; Ayes
                  with reservations: Senator(s) ; none Noes:
                  Senator(s) ; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) Bunda, Ihara,        
                  Inouye
 3- 5-99        S Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 650) with
                  recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as
                  amended (SD 2)
 3- 5-99        S 48 hours notice 03-09-99                                 
 3- 9-99        S Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD        
                  2). Ayes, 25.  Noes, none.  Excused, none.
 3- 9-99        S Transmitted to House                                     
 3- 9-99        H Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 167)                 
 3-11-99        H Introduced and passed First Reading                      
 3-11-99        H Referred to the committees on 1. HLT 2. CPC 3. FIN ,        
                  referral sheet 26
 3-16-99        H Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Thursday,
                  03-18-99 at 8:30 - 11:30 A.M. in House conference
                  room 329.
 3-18-99        H The committee on HLT recommends that the measure be         
                  PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
 3-18-99        H The votes in HLT were as follows:7 Ayes: Rep.(s)
                  Santiago, Kahikina, Kawakami, Lee, Stegmaier, Leong,        
                  McDermott; Ayes with reservations: Rep.(s) ; none
                  Noes: Rep.(s) ; and 2 Excused: Rep.(s) Yamane,
                  Arakaki
 3-22-99        H Reported from the committee on HLT (Stand. Com. Rep.        
                  No. 1193) as amended in (HD 1), recommending passage        
                  on Second Reading and referral to the committee on
                  CPC
 3-22-99        H Passed Second Reading as amended in (HD 1) and
                  referred to the committee on CPC with
                  Representative(s) none voting no and
                  Representative(s) Cachola, Chang, Menor, Okamura,
                  Saiki, Yamane excused.
 3-22-99        H Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday,
                  03-24-99 at 2:00 P.M. in House conference room 325.
 3-24-99        H The committee on CPC recommends that the measure be         
                  PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
 3-24-99        H The votes in CPC were as follows:10 Ayes: Rep.(s)
                  Menor, Lee, Cachola, Chang, Garcia, Herkes,
                  Kaho`ohalahala, Morita, Rath, Whalen; Ayes with
                  reservations: Rep.(s) ; none Noes: Rep.(s) ; and 5
                  Excused: Rep.(s) Hiraki, Takumi, Yoshinaga, Halford,        
                  Thielen
 3-25-99        H Reported from the committee on CPC (Stand. Com. Rep.        
                  No. 1432) as amended in (HD 2), recommending
                  referral to the committee on FIN
 3-25-99        H Report adopted; Referred to the committee on FIN, as        
                  amended HD2 with Representative(s) none voting no
                  and Representative(s) Takamine excused.
 3-30-99        H Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday,
                  04-01-99 at 3:00 P.M. in House conference room 308.
 4- 1-99        H The committee(s) recommends that the measure be
                  deferred.
 4- 5-99        H Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday,
                  04-07-99 at 4:00 P.M. in House conference room 308.
 4- 7-99        H The committee on FIN recommends that the measure be         
                  PASSED, UNAMENDED.
 4- 7-99        H The votes in FIN were as follows:15 Ayes: Rep.(s)
                  Takamine, Kawakami, Catalani, Goodenow, Kahikina,
                  Kanoho, Luke, Nakasone, Saiki, Schatz, Yamane, Fox,         
                  Marumoto, Meyer, Moses; Ayes with reservations:
                  Rep.(s) ; none Noes: Rep.(s) ; and 2 Excused:
                  Rep.(s) Ahu Isa, Suzuki
 4- 9-99        H Reported from the committee on FIN (Stand. Com. Rep.        
                  No. 1807), recommending passage on Third Reading
 4-13-99        H Passed Third Reading                                     
 4-13-99        H The vote was as follows:  48 aye(s), with none
                  voting no and Representative(s) Ahu Isa, Okamura,
                  Oshiro, P. excused
 4-13-99        H Transmitted to Senate                                    
 4-15-99        S Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 518)                  
 4-15-99        S Senate disagrees with House amendments.                  
 4-15-99        H Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 742)      
 4-17-99        H House conferees appointed: Santiago, Menor,
                  Kawakami(Co-)Chairman; Herkes, Leong
 4-19-99        S Received notice of appointment of House conferees
                  (Hse. Com. No. 619)
 4-19-99        S Senate Conferees appointed: Chun Oakland, Kanno,
                  Taniguchi, (Co-)Chair; Bunda, Slom
 4-19-99        H Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No.
                  744)
 4-22-99        H Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on
                  Friday, 04-23-99 at 1:30 P.M. in  conference room
                  016.
 4-23-99        S Conference committee meeting to reconvene on
                  04-26-99 at 2:00 p.m. in conference room 229.
 4-26-99        S Conference committee meeting to reconvene on
                  04-27-99 at 9:00 a.m. in conference room 229.
 4-27-99        H Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on
                  Wednesday, 04-28-99 at 9:00 A.M. in conference room         
                  229.
 4-29-99        H Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on
                  Friday, 04-30-99 at 9:00 A.M. in conference room
                  229.
 4-30-99        S Reported from Conf. Com. as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com.        
                  Rep. No. 158)
 4-30-99        S 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1)                         
 4-30-99        H Reported from Conference Committee (Conf. Com. Rep.         
                  No. 158) as amended in (CD 1)
 4-30-99        H Forty-eight (48) hours notice 05-04-99                   
 5- 4-99        S Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25.          
                  Noes, none.  Excused, none.
 5- 4-99        H Passed Final Reading as amended in (CD 1)                
 5- 4-99        H The vote was as follows:  48 aye(s) to 1 no(es),
                  with Representative(s) Herkes voting no and
                  Representative(s) Okamura, Takamine excused
 5- 5-99        H Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 792)     
 5- 4-99        S Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House        
                  (Hse. Com. No. 746).
 5- 7-99        S Enrolled to Governor                                     
 6-30-99        S Act 121, 06-25-99, (Gov. Msg. No. 385)                   
 6-30-99        H Act 121, on 06-25-99 (Gov. Msg. No. 251)