HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	877
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO THE DESIGNEES FOR THE DIRECTORS OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, OF HEALTH, OF HUMAN SERVICES, AND OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE HAWAII HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGE.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1.  Section 435H-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

"(b)  The membership of the board shall reflect geographic diversity and the diverse interests of stakeholders including consumers, employers, insurers, and dental benefit providers. The director of commerce and consumer affairs or the director's designee, the director of health or the director's designee, the director of human services or the director's designee, and the director of labor and industrial relations or the director's designee shall be ex-officio, voting members of the board.

The director of commerce and consumer affairs, the director of health, the director of human services, and the director of labor and industrial relations may each select a designee from their respective departments for all meetings.  Such selection of the designee shall be submitted in writing to the board of directors prior to or at the meetings in which the designee will serve."

SECTION 2.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Report Title:

Hawaii Health Insurance Exchange; Board of Directors; Designee's Voting Authority

Description:

Allows the directors of the Departments of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, of Health, of Human Services, and of Labor and Industrial Relations to delegate voting authority to their designees for all Hawaii Health Connector meetings.  (HB877 HD1)

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