STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2164

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: S.C.R. No. 18

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Legislative Management, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 18, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT A SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL ASSESSMENT OF PROPOSED MANDATORY HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR VARIOUS SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE SERVICES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Auditor to conduct a social and financial assessment of proposed mandatory health insurance coverage for various sexual and reproductive health care services

The Stonewall Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, Rainbow Family 808, HMSA, Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates, and one individual testified in support.

Your committees have amended the measure by omitting all references to HB 1180.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Legislative Management that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 18, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to your Committee on Finance, in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 18, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Legislative Management,

____________________________ NADINE K. NAKAMURA, Chair

____________________________ MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair