STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1043-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   S.B. No. 2084

      S.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 2084, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to prohibit an insurer from requiring a doctor's referral for annual covered screening mammograms for insureds over the age of 40.

The Hawaii Association of Health Plans, Kaiser Permanente, Hawaii Medical Service Association, and the American Cancer Society supported the measure.  The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs offered comments on the measure.

     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. 2084, 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