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HI HB2146

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/22/2018

Primary Sponsor

John Mizuno

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Origin

House of Representatives

2018 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Authorizes the State of Hawaii to submit a state innovation waiver proposal to the U.S. Secretaries of Health and Human Services and Treasury under section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act.

  • Allows the state to waive certain provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (Public Law No. 111-148) and implement an approved waiver on or after January 1, 2019.

  • Seeks to establish a state reinsurance program for the individual health insurance market to control health insurance costs by providing additional funding and innovative risk-pooling methods for high-risk patients with costly medical claims.

  • Fulfills recommendations from the Affordable Health Insurance Working Group (created by Act 43, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017) to explore federal waiver opportunities for health insurance reform.

  • Takes effect on July 1, 3000 [note: appears to be a clerical error in the original bill text].

Legislative Description

Relating To Insurance.

Insurance

Last Action

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Souki excused (1).

2/14/2018

Committee Referrals

Finance2/14/2018
Consumer Protection & Commerce2/8/2018
Health & Human Services1/26/2018

Full Bill Text

No bill text available