STAND. COM. REP. NO. 433-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 2146

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 2146, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to implement the recommendations of the Affordable Health Insurance Working Group by authorizing the State to submit a state innovation waiver proposal under section 1332 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 to the federal government and implement the conditions of the waiver upon approval by the federal government.

The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Department of Human Services, Kaiser Permanente Hawaii, Hawaii Medical Service Association, and an individual supported this measure.

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 H.B. No. 2146, H.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair