STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1653-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   S.B. No. 2667

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 3

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. 2667, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1)  Require health insurers to promptly pay clean claims for covered health care services provided by health care providers; and

(2)  Repeal the exemption of Medicaid claims from the definition of clean claims.

Hawai‘i Pacific Health, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, and The Queen's Health Systems testified in support of this measure.  ‘Ohana Health Plan opposed this measure.  The Department of Human Services and Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs commented on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to facilitate further discussion.

     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. 2667, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2667, S.D. 1, H.D. 3.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair