STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1169

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   S.B. No. 1273

      S.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 1273, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure compliance with federal law and to preserve certainty in the duties of the Insurance Commissioner by authorizing the Insurance Commissioner to enforce consumer protections and market reforms relating to insurance set forth in the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

     The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs supported 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. 1273, S.D. 1, 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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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair