STAND. COM. REP. NO.  387-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2482

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2482 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require managed care plans to provide claims data annually at no charge to a large group purchaser if the large group purchaser requests the information and meets certain requirements.

The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs commented on this measure.  The American Council of Life Insurers and Hawaii Medical Service Association testified in opposition to this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2070, to facilitate further discussion; and

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and consistency.

     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 H.B. No. 2482, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2482, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair