STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 1733-18
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2018
RE: H.C.R. No. 24
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 Health & Human Services, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 24 entitled:
"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO ASSESS THE SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL EFFECTS OF REQUIRING HEALTH INSURERS IN HAWAII TO PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR TREATMENT FOR OPIOID DEPENDENCE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Kaiser Permanente Hawaii, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, and two concerned individuals offered testimony in support of this measure. The Department of Health offered commented.
Your Committee has amended this measure by deleting its substantive contents and:
(1) Inserting language that requests that the Department of Health, using the framework of the Hawaii Opioid Initiative's existing working groups, conduct an assessment and provide a report on the current availability, utilization, and insurance coverage of substance abuse disorder treatment and services in the State and related effects on persons who need treatment; and
(2) Amending its title accordingly.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health & Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 24, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 24, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health & Human Services,
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____________________________ JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair |
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