RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, Senate Bill No.    , is pending in the Regular Session of 2006, and proposes to require health insurance coverage for alternative, complementary, and integrative forms of health care services under chapters 431-10A, 432:1, and 432D-23, Hawaii Revised Statutes; and

WHEREAS, the Auditor is required by section 23-51, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to prepare and submit a report to the legislature that assesses both the social and financial effects of the proposed mandated coverage; now, therefore,

WHEREAS, the availability of alternative, complementary, and integrative forms of health care services will stimulate the development of new and innovative health care delivery systems for the consumer; and

WHEREAS, because of the low cost and low risk of high priced prescription drugs, the inclusion of alternative, complementary, and integrative forms of health care services will be cost effective; and

BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-third Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2006, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Auditor is requested to prepare and submit a report to the legislature in accordance with sections 23-51 and 23-52, Hawaii Revised Statutes on Senate Bill No.    ; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the report be submitted at least twenty days before the convening of the Regular Session of 2007; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Auditor.

Report Title:

Alternative Health; Insurance Coverage