STAND. COM. REP. NO. 984
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: S.B. No. 763
S.D. 2
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 763, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EXTERNAL REVIEW PANELS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to authorize the payment of a flat fee to physicians who serve on external review panels to review health coverage disputes.
Your Committee finds that the payment of a flat fee to physicians who take time away from work to serve on external review panels will provide an incentive for physicians to serve on the panels. This will help increase the current small pool of physicians who are willing to participate in the important task of external review of health coverage disputes.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Providing for a $100 flat fee;
(2) Clarifying that the exemption from chapter 103D, Hawaii Revised Statutes (procurement law), relating to payment of the fee and review panel member selection, applies only to the physician member since the physician is the only member paid to serve on the panel; and
(3) Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 763, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 763, S.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,
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____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair |
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