STAND. COM. REP. NO.  230-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.B. No. 2350

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2350 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LIMITED BENEFIT HEALTH INSURANCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to clarify certain health insurance industry requirements by excluding limited benefit health insurance from provisions of Hawaii's Accident and Health or Sickness Insurance Contracts Law that are enacted after July 1, 2010, unless the provisions expressly state that they apply.

     The American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, American Council of Life Insurers, and Hawaii Medical Service Association provided comments on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Including disability, dental, vision, and medicare supplement policies to the list of excluded limited benefit health insurance policies; and

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

     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 H.B. No. 2350, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2350, H.D. 1, 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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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair