STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1097-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   S.B. No. 2864

      S.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 Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 2864, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to require the State Insurance Commissioner to submit to the 2010 Legislature a report on the adequacy of health plan reimbursements to physicians and hospitals in Hawaii, including other healthcare related issues such as physician salaries and healthcare and malpractice insurance premiums, and appropriating funds for the preparation of the report.

     The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, and Hawaii Psychiatric Medical Association testified in support of this bill. 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2864, S.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

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

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JOSHUA B. GREEN, M.D., Chair