STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2507

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 3036

       S.D. 1

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection, to which was referred S.B. No. 3036, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to specify that group health insurance plans shall provide dependent coverage for natural grandchildren adopted by plan participants or beneficiaries.

     Your Committee received no testimony on this measure.

     Your Committee finds that requiring group health insurance plans to provide dependent coverage for adopted grandchildren and grandchildren who are going through a formal adoption process is reflective of the current practice of insurance providers in Hawaii.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3036, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection,

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair