STAND. COM. REP. NO.  727-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   S.B. No. 2529

      S.D. 2

      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 S.B. No. 2529, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTHCARE CLAIMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to, among other things, establish:

     (1)  A system under the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to collect, analyze, and distribute health insurance claims information; and

     (2)  A Health Care Claims Uniform Reporting and Evaluation Task Force to review the policies and procedures of the health care claims uniform reporting and evaluation system.

     The Hawaii Medical Association and Hawaii Health Information Corporation testified in support of this bill.  Kaiser Permanente Hawaii opposed this measure.  The Department of Budget and Finance, Hawaii Association of Health Plans, and Hawaii Medical Service Association provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Deleting provisions that establish a system to collect, analyze, and distribute health insurance claims information; 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 S.B. No. 2529, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2529, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary.

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

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair