Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 3072, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to streamline the procedure for adjusting a charge when an insurer receives a request for payment from a medical service provider under the personal injury protection provisions of a motor vehicle policy and finds that the charge exceeds the maximum amount permitted by law.

The Insurance Commissioner of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Hawaii Insurers Council, and State Farm Insurance Companies testified in support of this bill. The Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii testified in opposition to this measure.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3072, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3072, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.