Bill Text: HI HB1144 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Health Insurance; Self-Employed; Pooling
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-01 - Carried over to 2012 Regular Session. [HB1144 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2012-HB1144-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to health insurance.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 431:2-201.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
"(d) Subject to subsection (e)(1), beginning September 1, 2008, and annually thereafter, all group health issuers shall offer small group health plans to self-employed individuals who live, work, or reside in the group health issuer's service areas; provided that the commissioner may exempt a group health issuer if the commissioner determines that the group health issuer does not have the capacity to deliver services adequately to enrollees of additional groups given its obligation to existing employer groups. Self-employed individuals who buy these small group health plans shall be pooled together with other small businesses and shall not be segregated into a separate pool for only self-employed individuals."
SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Health Insurance; Self-Employed; Pooling
Description:
Requires health insurers to pool self-employed individuals with other small businesses.
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