STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1478-16

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 Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2383, S.D. 2, H.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) 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.

The Department of Human Services, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, and The Chamber of Commerce Hawaii testified in support of this measure.  CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc. provided comments.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance 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. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair