STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1257-16
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2016
RE: S.B. No. 2383
S.D. 2
H.D. 2
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2016
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred S.B. No. 2383, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, 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) as part of the transition to a federally supported, state-based exchange;
(2) Specify that any debts and liabilities of the Connector remain that of the Connector and do not constitute the debts and liabilities of the State; and
(3) Specify that the provisions in the measure shall not diminish or limit the consumer protections contained in or alter the provisions of the Hawaii Prepaid Health Care Act.
Your Committee finds that the Hawaii Health Connector is effectively no longer in existence and that this measure will formalize its dissolution.
Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date from July 1, 2112, to upon approval.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2383, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2383, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,
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____________________________ ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair |
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