| Measure Title: | RELATING TO THE PATIENTS' BILL OF RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT. |
| Report Title: | Patients' Bill of Rights and Responsibilities Act; External Review Procedure |
| Description: | Amends the review procedure process under the patients' bill of rights and responsibilities act. Preserves commissioner's discretion to convene panel to hear cases for consumers in non-ERISA plans. Requires the commissioner to determine whether requests for external review concerns an ERISA plan and to direct all requests for review of ERISA plan benefits to an independent review organization selected by the commissioner. |
| Package: | None |
| Companion: | HB1148 |
| Introducer(s): | KANNO, Inouye |
| Current Referral: | CPH/HTH, JHW |
| Date | Status Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 1/26/2005 | S | Introduced and passed First Reading. |
| 2/1/2005 | S | Referred to CPH/HTH, JHW. |
| 2/4/2005 | S | The committee on CPH/HTH has scheduled a public hearing on 02-10-05 at 9:30 am in conference room 016. |
| 2/10/2005 | S | The committee on CPH/HTH deferred the measure until 02-16-05 at 9:00 am in conference room 016. |
| 2/16/2005 | S | The committee on HTH deferred the measure until 02-17-05 at 2:00 pm in conference room 016. |
| 2/16/2005 | S | The committee on CPH deferred the measure until 02-17-05 at 9:00 am in conference room 016. |
| 2/16/2005 | S | The committee on HTH has rescheduled its public hearing to 02-17-05 at 9:00 am in conference room 016. |
| 2/17/2005 | S | The committee(s) on HTH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HTH were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Tsutsui; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Baker, Chun Oakland, Hanabusa ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Whalen. |
| 2/17/2005 | S | The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPH were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Menor, Espero, Sakamoto; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Baker, Hogue ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Ige. |
| 2/18/2005 | S | Reported from CPH/HTH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 589) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JHW. |
| 5/18/2005 | S | Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JHW. |
$ = Appropriation measure
ConAm = Constitutional Amendment