CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 128-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2014

RE:    H.B. No. 2581

       H.D. 3

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir and Madam:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2581, H.D. 3, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this measure is to:

(1)  Establish a state innovation waiver task force (task force) to, among other things:

(A)  Develop a health care reform plan that meets requirements for obtaining a state innovation waiver under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010;

(B)  Prepare a draft application for a state innovation waiver, to take effect for plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2017; and

(C)  Submit two interim reports and one final report of its actions, findings, recommendations, and any proposed legislation, to the Legislature; and

(2)  Appropriating funds for Fiscal Year 2014-2015 for the operations of the task force.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1)  Changing the composition of the task force membership as follows:

(A)  Deleting the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Hawaii Health Connector from the task force; and

(B)  Adding the Attorney General and a representative of the Hawaii Primary Care Association to the task force;

(2)  Deleting the appropriation; and

(3)  Changing its effective date to take effect upon its approval.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2581, H.D. 3, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2581, H.D. 3, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair	____________________________ DELLA AU BELATTI, Co-Chair
____________________________ WILL ESPERO, Co-Chair	____________________________ ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Co-Chair
	____________________________ SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Co-Chair