Hawaii House Bill 2405 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-1)
Status: Passed on June 17 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-06-17 - Act 039, on 06/16/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1139).
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Prohibits health insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations from applying categorical cosmetic or blanket exclusions to gender affirming treatments or procedures when determined to be medically necessary pursuant to applicable law and specifies a process for appealing a claim denied on the basis of medical necessity. Requires those entities to provide applicants and insured persons with clear information about the coverage of gender transition services, including the process for appealing a claim denied on the basis of medical necessity. (CD1)

Relating To Insurance.

Rep. Aaron Johanson [D]	Rep. Della au Belatti [D]	Rep. Patrick Branco [D]	Rep. Ty Cullen [D]
Rep. Cedric Gates [D]	Sen. Troy Hashimoto [D]	Rep. Linda Ichiyama [D]	Rep. Greggor Ilagan [D]
Rep. Jeanne Kapela [D]	Rep. Nicole Lowen [D]	Rep. Lisa Marten [D]	Rep. Scot Matayoshi [D]
Rep. Lauren Matsumoto [R]	Sen. Angus McKelvey [D]	Rep. Daynette Morikawa [D]	Rep. Nadine Nakamura [D]
Rep. Mark Nakashima [D]	Rep. Scott Nishimoto [D]	Rep. Richard Onishi [D]	Rep. Amy Perruso [D]
Rep. Adrian Tam [D]	Rep. David Tarnas [D]	Rep. Chris Todd [D]	Rep. Tina Wildberger [D]
Rep. Kyle Yamashita [D]

2022-04-29 - Senate - Senate Conference: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 3 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-04-29 - House - House Conference: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 4 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-04-05 - Senate - Senate Ways and Means: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2022-04-05 - Senate - Senate Judiciary: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-03-16 - Senate - Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-03-01 - House - House Consumer Protection & Commerce: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-02-15 - House - House Health, Human Services, & Homelessness: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-06-17	House	Act 039, on 06/16/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1139).
2022-06-17	Senate	Act 039, 06/16/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1139).
2022-05-04	House	Transmitted to Governor.
2022-05-05	Senate	Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 824).
2022-05-03	House	Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 946).
2022-05-03	House	Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) McDermott voting no (1) and none excused (0).
2022-05-03	Senate	Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
2022-04-29	Senate	48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-03-22.
2022-04-29	Senate	Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 203-22).
2022-04-29	House	Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday 05-03-22.
2022-04-29	House	Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 203-22) as amended in (CD 1).
2022-04-29	Senate	The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Rhoads, Taniguchi; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.
2022-04-29	House	The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamane, Johanson, Tam, Okimoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kitagawa.
2022-04-28	House	Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-29-22 2:30PM in conference room 224.
2022-04-27	House	Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-28-22 2:30PM in conference room 224.
2022-04-26	House	Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-27-22 2:30PM in conference room 224.
2022-04-19	Senate	Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 718).
2022-04-18	House	House Conferees Appointed: Yamane, Johanson, Tam Co-Chairs; Kitagawa, Okimoto.
2022-04-18	House	Re-referred to HHH, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 49
2022-04-18	House	Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 872).
2022-04-18	Senate	Senate Conferees Appointed: Baker Chair; Rhoads, Taniguchi Co-Chairs; Fevella.
2022-04-18	Senate	Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 715).
2022-04-14	House	House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
2022-04-12	House	Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 854) in amended form (SD 2).
2022-04-12	Senate	Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
2022-04-08	Senate	48 Hrs. Notice 04-12-22.
2022-04-08	Senate	Reported from JDC/WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3915) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
2022-04-05	Senate	The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 9 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Inouye, Kanuha, Misalucha, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Kidani, Moriwaki.
2022-04-05	Senate	The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 7 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Keohokalole, Acasio, Gabbard, Kim, Lee, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
2022-04-01	Senate	The committee on JDC/WAM has rescheduled its decision making to 04-05-22 10:05AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
2022-04-01	Senate	The committee(s) on JDC/WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-05-22 10:05AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
2022-03-23	Senate	Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC/WAM.
2022-03-23	Senate	Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3342) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC/WAM.
2022-03-16	Senate	The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 6 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Chang, DeCoite, Nishihara, Riviere, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.
2022-03-11	Senate	The committee(s) on CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-16-22 10:00AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
2022-03-11	Senate	Referred to CPN, JDC/WAM.
2022-03-10	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2022-03-10	Senate	Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 343).
2022-03-08	House	Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) McDermott, Ward voting no (2) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.
2022-03-04	House	Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-08-22.
2022-03-04	House	Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 923-22) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
2022-03-01	House	The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Kitagawa, Aquino, Har, Hashem, Mizuno, Morikawa, Onishi, Tarnas, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kong.
2022-02-25	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Tuesday, 03-01-22 1:00PM in House conference room 329 Via Videoconference.
2022-02-18	House	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 Representative(s) Eli, Kapela excused (2).
2022-02-18	House	Reported from HHH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 665-22) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
2022-02-15	House	The committees on HHH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamane, Tam, Gates, Har, Kapela, Nishimoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.
2022-02-10	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by HHH on Tuesday, 02-15-22 9:00AM in House conference room 329 Via Videoconference.
2022-01-28	House	Referred to HHH, CPC, referral sheet 3
2022-01-26	House	Introduced and Pass First Reading.

SB2835 (Same As) 2022-03-10 - Referred to HHH, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 24

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2405&year=2022
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2022/bills/HB2405_.HTM
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2022/bills/HB2405_HD1_.HTM
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2022/bills/HB2405_HD2_.HTM
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2022/bills/HB2405_SD1_.HTM
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2022/bills/HB2405_SD2_.HTM
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2022/bills/HB2405_CD1_.HTM
Roll Call	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2405&year=2022