Hawaii State Legislature
2004 Legislative Session

SB356

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Measure Title: RELATING TO ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICAL BENEFITS.
Report Title: Medical Plan Administrators; Oversight and Accountability
Description: Requires DHS to maintain fair and impartial relationships with private entities that administer its medical assistance programs and to require operations and expenditures reports from these entities. Clarifies restrictions on use of mutual benefit society funds. Prohibits mutual benefit societies from operating medical clinics and engaging in insurance business, other than medical insurance. Requires a mutual benefit society's annual audit to include an accounting of management and operating expenses. Requires the insurance commissioner's annual report to include a listing of mutual benefit societies that provide medical benefits.
Package: None
Companion:
Introducer(s): FUKUNAGA (BR)
Current Referral:HMS, CPH

Date Status Text
1/17/2003SIntroduced and passed First Reading.
1/22/2003SReferred to HMS, CPH.
8/21/2003DCarried over to 2004 Regular Session.

$ = Appropriation measure
ConAm = Constitutional Amendment