S.C.R. No. 27 Summary

• Requests the State Auditor to assess the social and financial effects of mandating health insurance coverage for annual body mass index measurements for children ages two to eighteen, as specified in S.B. No. 2351.

• Requires the Auditor to evaluate compliance with Hawaii Revised Statutes sections 23-51 and 23-52, which mandate impact assessments before implementing health insurance coverage mandates.

• Directs the Auditor to submit findings, recommendations, and any necessary implementing legislation to the Legislature no later than twenty days before the 2015 Regular Session begins.

• Notes that S.B. No. 2351 requires primary care physicians and pediatricians to provide annual body mass index measurements for ages two to eighteen and report anonymous statistics to the Department of Health.

• Sends certified copies of the resolution to the Auditor and Director of Health.