STAND. COM. REP. NO.  658

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   H.B. No. 1075

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 1075 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is update Article 10H of Chapter 431, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to long-term care insurance, to reflect amendments made by Act 233, Session Laws of Hawaii 2007, which among other things adopted the December 2006 Long-Term Care Insurance Model Regulation.

     The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and American Council of Life Insurers testified in support of this bill.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1075 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

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ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair