SB 2974

RELATING TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE INSURANCE BENEFITS

By Senator(s) CHUN OAKLAND

Keywords: DRUGS, INSURANCE, INSURANCE RATES, LIQUOR, MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE

Report Title: Substance Abuse Parity

Description: Requires parity in insurance coverage for substance abuse services.

 1-26-00        S Introduced and passed First Reading                      
 1-27-00        S Referred to 1. HHS 2. CPN                                
 2- 8-00        S Bill scheduled to be heard by HHS on 02-16-00 at
                  1:00 p.m. in conference room 229.
 2-16-00        S The committee on HHS recommends that the measure be         
                  PASSED, UNAMENDED.
 2-18-00        S The votes in HHS were as follows: 3 Ayes: Senator(s)        
                  Chun Oakland, Iwase; Ayes with reservations:
                  Senator(s) Anderson; none Noes: Senator(s) ; and 2
                  Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga, Levin
 2-18-00        S Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2234) with
                  recommendation of passage on Second Reading and
                  referral to CPN
 2-18-00        S Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred
                  to CPN.
 3- 2-00        S Bill scheduled for decision making by CPN on
                  03-03-00 at 9:00 a.m. in conference room 016.
 3- 3-00        S The committee on CPN recommends that the measure be         
                  PASSED, UNAMENDED.
 3- 3-00        S The votes in CPN were as follows: 5 Ayes: Senator(s)        
                  Kanno, Taniguchi, Inouye; Ayes with reservations:
                  Senator(s) Matsuura, Slom; none Noes: Senator(s) ;
                  and 3 Excused: Senator(s) Bunda, Hanabusa, Ihara
 3- 3-00        S Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2691) with
                  recommendation of passage on Third Reading
 3- 3-00        S 24 hours notice 03-07-00                                 
 3- 7-00        S Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 19. 
                  Noes, none ().  Excused, 6 (M. Ige, Iwase, Kawamoto,        
                  Levin, Tam, Tanaka).
 3- 7-00        S Transmitted to House                                     
 3- 7-00        H Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 322)                 
 3- 9-00        H Introduced and passed First Reading                      
 3- 9-00        H Referred to the committees on 1. HLT 2. CPC 3. FIN ,        
                  referral sheet 29
 3-10-00        H Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Tuesday, 03
                  /14/00 at 8:30 - 11:30 A.M. in House conference
                  room 329.
 3-14-00        H The committee on HLT recommends that the measure be         
                  PASSED, UNAMENDED.
 3-14-00        H The votes in HLT were as follows:5 Ayes: Rep.(s)
                  Santiago, Yamane, Kahikina, Lee, Leong; Ayes with
                  reservations: Rep.(s) ; 1 Noes: Rep.(s) Stegmaier;
                  and 3 Excused: Rep.(s) Arakaki, Kawakami, McDermott
 3-17-00        H Reported from the committee on HLT (Stand. Com. Rep.        
                  No. 883-00), recommending passage on Second Reading         
                  and referral to the committee on CPC
 3-17-00        H Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee         
                  on CPC
 3-17-00        H The vote was as follows:  45 aye(s), with none
                  voting no and Representative(s) Cachola, Morita,
                  Okamura, Rath, Takai, Whalen excused