THE SENATE

THE THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2019

 

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, CONSUMER PROTECTION, AND HEALTH

Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Chair

Senator Stanley Chang, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Friday, February 15, 2019

TIME:

9:30AM

PLACE:

Conference Room 229

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

SB 356

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO INSURANCE.

Requires homeowners insurers to provide written and oral disclosure to an insured regarding the natural disaster perils not covered by the insured's homeowners insurance policy.

 

CPH

 

 

 

SB 543

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE.

Clarifies that the requirement for a motor vehicle insurer to maintain a complete sales and claims service office does not apply to the county of Kalawao.

 

CPH

SB 1044

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO BREAST CANCER SCREENING.

Requires health insurance plans to cover 3D mammograms for cancer patients.

 

CPH

SB 528

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS.

Expands the pool of orthodontists who are eligible to perform medically necessary orthodontic services for treatment of certain orofacial anomalies covered by health insurance.

 

CPH

SB 1328

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.

Requires that if a proposed increase in the wholesale price of certain drugs would result in a 16% or more price increase over a 2‑year period, the drug manufacturer shall notify various drug insurance providers.

 

CPH

SB 25, SD1

      (SSCR162)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO INSURANCE.

Amends various portions of the Hawaii Insurance Code under title 24, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to update and improve existing Insurance Code provisions.  (SD1)

 

CPH

SB 1210

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO INSURANCE.

Amends various portions of the Hawaii Insurance Code under Hawaii Revised Statutes title 24 to update and improve existing Insurance Code provisions.

 

CPH

SB 1211

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO FORMS SUBMITTED TO THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER.

Removes the requirement that a vehicle protection product warrantor and a service contract provider submit to the Insurance Commissioner a copy of each warranty or service contract form proposed for use in the State.

 

CPH

SB 1212

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER.

Requires third party administrators to be licensed and regulated by the Insurance Commissioner.  Authorizes the Insurance Commissioner to issue targeted variances, waivers, or no-action letters relating to the requirements of chapter 431, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

 

CPH

SB 552

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.

Revives for 1 year specified sections of repealed chapter 514A, HRS, to allow developers whose condominium property regimes were issued an effective date pursuant to sections 514A-40 and 514A-41, HRS, to update their public reports without revising any of the associated documents and have their public reports and disclosure abstracts treated as non-expiring developer's public reports under part IV of chapter 514B, HRS.

 

CPH

SB 1288

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM VOTING.

Provides for the use of an electronic voting device in condominium association meetings.  Requires a condominium board to take reasonable steps to ensure secrecy and integrity of the votes, and that an audit trail be available after the meeting.

 

CPH

SB 269

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.

Enables condominium associations to adopt rules and regulations that:  require unit owners to prohibit smoking inside a condominium unit as part of a lease agreement; and prohibit smoking on a lanai of a condominium unit and in all common elements.

 

CPH

SB 725

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.

Specifies that a condominium association's proxies and ballots may be destroyed ninety days, rather than thirty days, after an association meeting.

 

CPH

 

 

 

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

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FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

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Senator Rosalyn H. Baker

Chair