STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1739

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   S.C.R. No. 48

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Human Services and Health, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 48 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING CONGRESS TO SUPPORT FEDERAL LEGISLATION PROHIBITING HEALTH INSURERS FROM DENYING COVERAGE TO VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ON THE GROUNDS THAT IT IS A PRE-EXISTING CONDITION,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to urge Congress to support federal legislation prohibiting health insurers from denying healthcare coverage to domestic violence victims based on their position that domestic violence is a pre-existing condition.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this concurrent resolution from the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii and Papa Ola Lokahi, the Native Hawaiian Health Board.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 48 and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Human Services and Health,

____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair

____________________________ JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair