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HI HB726
Bill
Status
1/26/2015
Primary Sponsor
Angus McKelvey
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AI Summary
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Requires health insurers controlling more than 20 percent of Hawaii's small group health insurance market to offer at least one silver level and one gold level qualified health plan through the Hawaii Health Connector in the following fiscal year.
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Makes offering these plans a condition of the insurer's license or certificate of authority and participation in the connector's individual market.
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Requires each qualified plan offered through the connector to contract with federally-qualified health centers willing to provide services in the plan's geographic areas.
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Mandates reimbursement to federally-qualified health centers according to the rates specified in 42 U.S.C. section 1396a(bb).
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Becomes effective on July 1, 2050.
Legislative Description
Hawaii Health Connector; Insurers; Mandatory Inclusion; Federally-Qualified Health Centers.
Last Action
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with Representative(s) Cullen, Har, Jordan, Matsumoto, Oshiro, Pouha, Tokioka voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Fukumoto Chang, McDermott, Thielen, Tupola, Ward voting no (5) and Representative(s) Takumi excused (1).
2/13/2015