Bill Text: HI SCR22 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mandatory Health Insurance; School Annual Medical Exam

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-23 - (S) Referred to CPN, WAM. [SCR22 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2011-SCR22-Introduced.html

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THE SENATE	S.C.R. NO.	22
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO ASSESS THE SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL EFFECTS OF REQUIRING HEALTH INSURERS TO PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR an annual medical examination, including the administration of any required immunizations, for each child who is required by a school in the State to submit a report of a medical examination to the school.

 

 

     WHEREAS, various schools in the State require a child's health records to be submitted annually in the summer, including evidence of any required immunizations, to the school as a condition of the child's admission or return to the school each year; and

 

     WHEREAS, section 23‑51, Hawaii Revised Statutes, requires that "[b]efore any legislative measure that mandates health insurance coverage for specific health services, specific diseases, or certain providers of health care services as part of individual or group health insurance policies, can be considered, there shall be concurrent resolutions passed requesting the auditor to prepare and submit to the legislature a report that assesses both the social and financial effects of the proposed mandated coverage"; and

 

     WHEREAS, section 23-51 further provides that "[t]he concurrent resolutions shall designate a specific legislative bill that:

 

     (1)  Has been introduced in the legislature; and

 

     (2)  Includes, at a minimum, information identifying the:

 

(A)  Specific health service, disease, or provider that would be covered;

 

(B)  Extent of the coverage;

 

(C)  Target groups that would be covered;

 

(D)  Limits on utilization, if any; and

 

(E)  Standards of care.

 

For purposes of this part, mandated health insurance coverage shall not include mandated optionals"; and

 

     WHEREAS, S.B. No.     (2011) mandates coverage for an annual medical examination, including the administration of any required immunizations, for each child who is required by a school in the State to submit a report of a medical examination, including evidence of any required immunizations, to the school at the start of each school year in all policies and contracts, hospital and medical service plan contracts, medical service corporation contracts, and health maintenance organization plans and contracts issued on or after January 1, 2012; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-sixth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2011, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Auditor is requested to conduct an impact assessment report, pursuant to sections 23‑51 and 23‑52, Hawaii Revised Statutes, of the social and financial impacts of mandating health insurance coverage for an annual medical examination, including the administration of any required immunizations, for each child who is required by a school in the State to submit a report of a medical examination, including evidence of any required immunizations, to the school at the start of each school year, in all policies and contracts, hospital and medical service plan contracts, medical service corporation contracts, and health maintenance organization plans and contracts issued on or after January 1, 2012, as provided in S.B. No.     (2011); and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the Auditor is requested to submit findings and recommendations to the Legislature, including any necessary implementing legislation, no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2012; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Auditor and to the Insurance Commissioner, who in turn is requested to transmit copies to each insurer in the State that issues health insurance policies.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

Mandatory Health Insurance; School Annual Medical Exam