STAND. COM. REP. NO. 908

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: H.B. No. 1284

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1284, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Require health insurance providers that provide health benefits plans funded by the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund or the state Medicaid agency and health insurance providers providing Medicare Advantage health benefits to submit administrative data to the Health Analytics Program of the Department of Human Services; and

(2) Require the Health Analytics Program to develop and update an annual plan for the analysis, maintenance, and publication of collected all-claims, all-payer administrative data.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Human Services and Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund Board of Trustees.

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 H.B. No. 1284, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair