HI HCR85

Request the Legislative Reference Bureau to study the Parker immunity doctrine, its current legal status, and how other states have implemented statutes or policies regarding collective negotiation by physicians

Direct the Legislative Reference Bureau to submit findings to the Legislature no later than 20 days before the 2022 Regular Session convenes

Cite Hawaii's severe physician shortage of 1,008 physicians, with neighbor islands experiencing shortages ranging from 33% (Kauai) to 53% (Hawaii Island), compared to 20% on Oahu

Identify Hawaii's highly concentrated health insurance market (one insurer controlling 67% of total market, second largest at 21%) as ranked third least competitive in the nation by the American Medical Association

Note that Alaska enacted a law in 2009 consistent with the Parker immunity doctrine to authorize collective negotiations between competing physicians and health benefit plans