STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1061-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   S.B. No. 2383

      S.D. 2

      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 S.B. No. 2383, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH CONNECTOR,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1)  Repeal the Hawaii Health Connector (Connector); and

(2)  Specify that the debts and liabilities incurred by the Connector remain the debts and liabilities of the Connector and do not constitute the debts and liabilities of the State, nor is the State responsible for the financial operations or solvency of the Connector.

The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Office of Enterprise Technology Services, The Chamber of Commerce Hawaii, and ILWU Local 142 testified in support of this measure.  CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc. commented on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Specifying that the provisions in this measure shall not diminish or limit the consumer protections contained in or alter the provisions of the Hawaii Prepaid Health Care Act;

(2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2112, to facilitate further discussion; and

(3)  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 S.B. No. 2383, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2383, S.D. 2, 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