S.C.R. No. 182 Summary

• Requests the State Auditor to assess the social and financial effects of mandating health insurance coverage for fertility preservation procedures for cancer patients whose treatment may affect fertility, as proposed in Senate Bill No. 1446 (2023).

• Directs the Auditor to examine whether mandatory coverage should be extended to spouses or partners of insured cancer patients to allow them to have children in the future, and analyze the social and financial impacts of such extension.

• Requires the Auditor to submit findings, recommendations, and any proposed legislation to the Legislature no later than twenty days before the 2024 Regular Session convenes.

• Notes that eleven states including California, Colorado, Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York have enacted laws mandating fertility preservation coverage for cancer patients, providing updated data for the Auditor's analysis since a 2012 audit found insufficient data on this issue.

• Directs the Insurance Commissioner to transmit copies of the resolution to all organizations issuing health insurance policies in Hawaii that may be affected by the proposed mandate.