| Measure Title: | RELATING TO THE PATIENTS' BILL OF RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT. |
| Report Title: | Patients' Bill of Rights; Independent Review Organization |
| Description: | Provides for review of medical necessary decisions for ERISA plans by an independent medical expert or by an independent review organization, following screening of those cases by the insurance commissioner. Non-ERISA plan members will still be entitled to external review by the three member panel as in the present statute. (SB940 HD2) |
| Package: | None |
| Companion: | HB1148 |
| Introducer(s): | KANNO, Inouye |
| Current Referral: | HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN |
| 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. |
| 12/2/2005 10:33:34 AM | D | Carried over to 2006 Regular Session. |
| 2/24/2006 | S | The committee(s) on JHW has scheduled a public hearing on 02-28-06 at 9:00 am in conference room 229. |
| 2/28/2006 | S | The committee(s) on JHW deferred the measure until 03-01-06 at 2:45 pm in conference room 212. |
| 3/1/2006 | S | The committee(s) on JHW recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JHW were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Hanabusa, Chun Oakland, English, Ihara; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Hee, Whalen. |
| 3/3/2006 | S | Reported from JHW (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2635) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). |
| 3/3/2006 | S | 48 Hrs. Notice 03-07-06. |
| 3/7/2006 | S | Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Baker . Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Trimble). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Ihara). Transmitted to House. |
| 3/7/2006 | H | Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 37) in amended form (SD 2). |
| 3/9/2006 | H | Pass First Reading. |
| 3/9/2006 | H | Referred to HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN, referral sheet 27 |
| 3/10/2006 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Monday, 03-13-06 at 9:00 am in House conference room 329. |
| 3/13/2006 | H | The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred until 03-16-06. |
| 3/13/2006 | H | Bill scheduled for decision making on Thursday, 03-16-06 at 9:00 am in conference room 329. |
| 3/16/2006 | H | The committees on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Arakaki, Green, Hale, Nishimoto, Sonson, Halford; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cabanilla. |
| 3/16/2006 | H | Reported from the committee on HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1007-06) as amended in (HD 1), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to the committee on CPC/JUD. |
| 3/17/2006 | H | Passed Second Reading as amended in (HD 1) and referred to the committee(s) on CPC/JUD with none voting no (0) and Arakaki, Marumoto, Saiki, Stonebraker, Takamine, Thielen excused (6). |
| 3/20/2006 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC/JUD on Wednesday, 03-22-06 at 2:00 pm in House conference room 325. |
| 3/22/2006 | H | The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Herkes, Schatz, Caldwell, Ito, Karamatsu, Morita, Sonson, Souki, Marumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Kanoho, Stonebraker. |
| 3/22/2006 | H | The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Caldwell, Karamatsu, Morita, Sonson, Souki, Marumoto; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Thielen; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) B. Oshiro, Kanoho. |
| 3/23/2006 | H | Reported from the committee on CPC/JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1242-06) as amended in (HD 2), recommending referral to the committee on FIN. |
| 3/24/2006 | H | Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in (HD 2) with Representative(s) Harbin voting no and Representative(s) Carroll, Hale, Saiki, Schatz, Takamine excused. |
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