STAND. COM. REP. NO. 516

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 1381

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 1381 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH AUTHORITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to extend by one year the deadline for the Hawaii Health Authority to submit to the Legislature its Comprehensive Health Plan, which will include:

     (1)  The establishment of eligibility for inclusion in a health plan for all individuals;

     (2)  Determinations of all reimbursable services to be paid by the Authority;

     (3)  Determinations of all approved providers of services in a health plan for all individuals;

     (4)  Evaluations of health care and cost effectiveness of all aspects of a health plan for all individuals; and

     (5)  The establishment of a budget for a health plan for all individuals in the State.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Medical Association and four private citizens.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Hawaii Medical Service Association.

     Your Committee finds that extending the deadline for the Hawaii Health Authority to submit its Comprehensive Health Plan to the Legislature, will allow the Authority additional time to identify cost efficient, affordable, data driven health care options for Hawaii's residents.

     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. 1381 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 Health,

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JOSH GREEN, M.D., Chair