COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, CONSUMER PROTECTION, AND HOUSING

Senator Ron Menor, Chair

Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS

Senator Colleen Hanabusa, Chair

Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland, Vice Chair

SB 1270

Restores the word "threefold" in section 480-14(c), inadvertantly omitted.

CPH/JHW

(SSCR490)

Requires all examinations conducted during the course of an accepted workers' compensation claim, including those where the employer is dissatisfied with the progress of the case and where major elective surgery is contemplated, except examinations requested by an employer pursuant to an investigation of a claim before compensability is accepted or ordered by the department, the appeals board, or appellate court to be performed by a physician selected by mutual agreement of the parties, or if no agreement, by a physician appointed by the director of the department of labor and industrial relations. (SD1)

LBR, CPH

(SSCR407)

Amends the definition of "medical care", "medical services", or "medical supplies" in workers' compensation law to include services provided by occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants; replaces reference to "masseur" with "licensed massage therapist". (SD1)

LBR, CPH

(SSCR413)

Deems treatment appointments to be periods of temporary partial disability, thereby making the time spent during the treatments compensable under workers' compensation.

LBR, CPH

(SSCR493)

Clarifies definition of "Chiropractic".

LBR, CPH

(SSCR470)

Makes permanent amendments made in Act 243, SLH 2000, relating to nondiscrimination in premium rates by removing the sunset date.

HTH/HMS, CPH

(SSCR71)

Expands the definition of "serious mental illness" to enable individuals afflicted with serious mental illness to access the necessary treatment by continuing the parity reimbursement and treatment requirements for serious mental illness. Adds delusional disorder, bipolar types I and II, major depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, and dissociative disorder as serious mental illnesses.

HTH, CPH

(SSCR554)

Prohibits malpractice insurers from imposing a surcharge or discriminating against a physician who enters into a professional collaboration with an advanced practice registered nurse. (SD1)

HTH, CPH

(SSCR473)

Makes approved, therapeutically equivalent generic drug products substitutable within days or weeks (as opposed to months) of a new generic product release. Ensures the expedited removal of nonequivalent drugs from the state formulary, resulting in improved patient outcomes. (SD1)

HTH, CPH

(SSCR534)

Requires diabetes education be provided by a program recognized by the American Diabetes Association or the National Committee for Quality Assurance or by a certified diabetes educator for diabetes insurance coverage. (SD1)

HTH, CPH

SB 612

Requires insurance reimbursements for services provided by physician nutrition specialists to be commensurate with reimbursements for services provided by other board certified physician specialists.

CPH

SB 1320

Authorizes private insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to offer high-deductible health insurance policies in conjunction with medical savings accounts in this State.

CPH

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