HI SB2054

Insurance Commissioner shall contract with a licensed actuary (American Academy of Actuaries member) to analyze projected costs of insurance coverage for autism spectrum disorder screening, diagnosis, and treatment.

Actuarial analysis must include cost-benefit analysis, cost impact to Hawaii Medicaid market, and consider prevalence of ASD, treatment intensity/frequency by severity, and tiered applied behavior analysis service delivery models.

Actuary must certify that techniques, methods, assumptions, and cost estimates used are reasonable and generally accepted within the actuarial profession.

Insurance Commissioner must submit report with findings, recommendations, and proposed legislation to the legislature no later than 20 days before the 2015 regular session convenes.

$50,000 appropriated from general revenues for fiscal year 2014-2015 to be expended by the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs for the actuarial analysis; Insurance Commissioner is exempt from Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 103D (procurement rules) for this contract.