HI HB2461

Requires the employer-union health benefits trust fund to place a moratorium through June 30, 2012, on its reference-based pricing program for prescription drugs and conduct a feasibility study with report due to the 2012 Legislature

Mandates the Department of Health to execute a budget-neutral pilot program using mobile health vans equipped with telecommunication services based on managed care principles

Requires health insurers and similar entities to continue coverage of any life-saving prescription medications that were covered as of July 1, 2010, except for Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund members

Committee made technical corrections to terminology regarding "life-saving" and "health insurance carrier" references

Amended effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure