STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1745-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   S.B. No. 2864

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2864, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to collect information on reimbursements for health provider services by requiring the Auditor to submit to the 2010 Legislature a report on the adequacy of health plan reimbursements to physicians and hospitals in Hawaii.

     The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs supported this bill.  The Hawaii Medical Service Association, Kaiser Permanente Hawaii, and Hawaii Medical Association submitted comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.

     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. 2864, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2864, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair