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HI HR121
Resolution
Status
3/9/2018
Primary Sponsor
Linda Ichiyama
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AI Summary
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Requests the Auditor to conduct a "sunrise review" assessing the social and financial effects of H.B. No. 687, H.D. 2, which would mandate health insurance coverage for medically necessary transportation to the continental United States for qualifying patients.
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Directs the Auditor to determine whether Section 1311(d)(3)(B) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act would require the State of Hawaii to defray the costs of the proposed coverage mandate.
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Requests the Auditor to evaluate the social and financial effects of amending the definition of "qualifying patient" to require patients be on medically-necessary extracorporeal membrane oxygenation or mechanical circulatory support devices to qualify for coverage.
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Requires the Auditor to submit its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2019.
Legislative Description
Requesting The Auditor To Assess Both The Social And Financial Effects Of Proposed Mandated Health Insurance Coverage For The Costs Of Medically Necessary Transportation To The Continental United States For Qualifying Patients.
Transportation
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).
3/28/2018