| Measure Title: | RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH AND ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE INSURANCE. |
| Report Title: | Health Insurance; Mental Health Parity |
| Description: | Provides parity by removing all limits on mental illness and alcohol or drug dependence benefits coverage. Requires insurance commissioner to report on effects by 1/15/2005. Grants employers tax credit of 50% or $500 for payment of such coverage. Requires services and benefits provided by health insurance plans for abuse and dependency on crystal methamphetamine be equal to coverage for physical diseases and illnesses. (HD1) |
| Package: | None |
| Companion: | SB2579 |
| Introducer(s): | ARAKAKI, LEE, NISHIMOTO, SHIMABUKURO, TAKAI |
| Current Referral: | HLT, CPC, FIN |
| Date | Status Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 1/23/2004 | H | Introduced |
| 1/26/2004 | H | Pass First Reading |
| 1/26/2004 | H | Referred to HLT, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 3 |
| 1/30/2004 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Tuesday, 02-03-04 at 9:30 am in House conference room 329. |
| 2/3/2004 | H | The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred until 2/5/2004. |
| 2/5/2004 | H | The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred until 2/10/2004. |
| 2/10/2004 | H | The committees on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Arakaki, Nishimoto, Kahikina; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Ching, Finnegan; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Stonebraker; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hale, Shimabukuro. |
| 2/13/2004 | H | Reported from the committee on HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 164-04) as amended in (HD 1), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to the committee on CPC. |
| 2/13/2004 | H | Passed Second Reading as amended in (HD 1) and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with Representative(s) Jernigan, Stonebraker, Thielen voting no and Representative(s) Tamayo excused. |
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ConAm = Constitutional Amendment