Bill Text: HI SB654 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Mandatory Health Insurance Coverage; Tobacco Use Cessation
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-03-15 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Mizuno, Oshiro, Takai excused (3). [SB654 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2013-SB654-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013 |
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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. Chapter 431, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to article 10A to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§431:10A- Tobacco use cessation treatment coverage. (a) Each individual and group accident and health or sickness insurance policy issued or renewed in this State after December 31, 2013, shall provide to the policyholder and the policyholder's covered dependents coverage for tobacco use cessation treatment.
(b) Every insurer shall provide notices to its policyholders regarding the coverage required by this section. The notice shall be in writing and prominently positioned in any literature or correspondence sent to policyholders and shall be transmitted to policyholders within calendar year 2013 when annual information is made available to policyholders or in any other mailing to policyholders, but in no case later than December 31, 2013.
(c) Coverage provided under this section shall not be subject to copayment, deductible, and coinsurance provisions of a health insurance policy. Tobacco use cessation coverage shall pay for counseling and medications and include coverage for:
(1) At least four counseling sessions of at least thirty minutes each;
(2) Prescription and over-the-counter nicotine replacement medications and non-nicotine cessation medications; and
(3) At least two tobacco use cessation attempts per year.
(d) This section shall not be construed as limiting benefits that are otherwise available to a policyholder under a health insurance policy."
SECTION 2. Chapter 432, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to article 1 to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§432:1- Tobacco use cessation treatment coverage. (a) Each employer group health policy, contract, plan, or agreement issued or renewed in this State after December 31, 2013, shall provide to the subscriber and the subscriber's covered dependents coverage for tobacco use cessation treatment.
(b) Every insurer shall provide notices to its subscribers regarding the coverage required by this section. The notice shall be in writing and prominently positioned in any literature or correspondence sent to subscribers and shall be transmitted to subscribers within calendar year 2013 when annual information is made available to subscribers or in any other mailing to subscribers, but in no case later than December 31, 2013.
(c) Coverage provided under this section shall not be subject to copayment, deductible, and coinsurance provisions of a health insurance policy. Tobacco use cessation coverage shall pay for counseling and medications and include coverage for:
(1) At least four counseling sessions of at least thirty minutes each;
(2) Prescription and over-the-counter nicotine replacement medications and non-nicotine cessation medications; and
(3) At least two tobacco use cessation attempts per year.
(d) This section shall not be construed as limiting benefits that are otherwise available to a subscriber under a health insurance policy."
SECTION 3. Section 432D-23, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§432D-23 Required provisions and
benefits. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, each
policy, contract, plan, or agreement issued in the State after January 1, 1995,
by health maintenance organizations pursuant to this chapter, shall include
benefits provided in sections 431:10-212, 431:10A-115, 431:10A-115.5,
431:10A-116, 431:10A-116.2, 431:10A-116.5, 431:10A-116.6, 431:10A-119,
431:10A-120, 431:10A-121, 431:10A-125, 431:10A-126, [and] 431:10A-122, and
431:10A- , and chapter 431M."
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Mandatory Health Insurance Coverage; Tobacco Use Cessation
Description:
Mandates health insurance coverage for tobacco use cessation treatments and that the insurer provide their policyholders information about tobacco use cessation treatment coverage.
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