STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1146-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2199

S.D. 1

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 S.B. No. 2199, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the State to submit a state innovation waiver proposal to the federal government pursuant to section 1332 of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and to implement the conditions of the waiver upon approval by the federal government.

The Department of Human Services, Insurance Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Kaiser Permanente Hawaii, Hawaii Medical Service Association, and Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing its effective date to July 1, 3000, to promote further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2199, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2199, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health & Human Services,

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JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair