Bill Text: HI SCR27 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Childhood Obesity; Body Mass Index; Mandatory Coverage
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-24 - The committee on CPN deferred the measure. [SCR27 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2014-SCR27-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
requesting the auditor to assess the social and financial effects of requiring health insurance coverage for annual body mass index measurements for children.
WHEREAS, childhood obesity is a serious medical condition affecting Hawaii's children and adolescents; and
WHEREAS, childhood obesity often leads to health problems that were once limited to adults such as diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol; and
WHEREAS, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, body mass index is a reliable indicator of body fat; 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, Hawaii Revised Statutes, 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 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 optional"; and
WHEREAS, section 23-52, Hawaii Revised Statutes, further specifies the minimum information required to be included in the Auditor's report; and
WHEREAS, S.B. No. 2351 (Regular Session of 2014) requires primary care physicians and pediatricians to provide an annual body mass index measurement to patients from age two to eighteen years; and
WHEREAS, S.B. No. 2351 (Regular Session of 2014) requires primary care physicians and pediatricians to annually report anonymous age and body mass index statistics to the Department of Health; and
WHEREAS, S.B. No. 2351 (Regular Session of 2014) mandates all individual and group insurance policies to provide coverage for body mass index measurements for individuals from age two to eighteen years; and
WHEREAS, the Legislature believes that mandatory health insurance coverage for body mass index measurement for children, as provided in S.B. No. 2351 (Regular Session of 2014), will substantially reduce illness and health care costs; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-seventh Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2014, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Auditor is requested to conduct an impact assessment pursuant to sections 23-51 and 23-52, Hawaii Revised Statutes, of the social and financial effects of mandating health insurance coverage for body mass index measurement for children pursuant to S.B. No. 2351 (Regular Session of 2014); and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that 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 2015; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Auditor and Director of Health.
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Childhood Obesity; Body Mass Index; Mandatory Coverage
