Bill Text: HI HB1810 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund; Deductibles, Co-Payments
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-28 - (H) The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. [HB1810 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2012-HB1810-Amended.html
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TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2012 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to address the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund.
Specifically, this Act requires the board of the trust fund to establish or contract for health benefits plans that impose lower deductibles and co-payments on non-smokers and other persons who engage in low-risk health behaviors. The legislature intends that this Act encourage preventative care, promote wellness, and discourage medically unnecessary use of health care services.
The legislature finds that the ultimate goal of this Act is to better control health care costs and, commensurately, health benefits plan costs of the trust fund.
SECTION 2. Section 87A-16, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§87A-16[]]
Health benefits plan; carriers. (a) The board shall establish the health
benefits plan or plans, which shall be exempt from the minimum group
requirements of chapter 431.
(b) The board may contract for health benefits plans or provide health benefits through a noninsured schedule of benefits.
(c) Beginning January 1, 2014, the board shall require every health benefits plan established or contracted to include lower deductibles and co-payments for non-smokers of tobacco and other persons engaged in low risk health behaviors that are designed, in compliance with applicable federal and state laws, to encourage preventative health care, promote wellness, and discourage medically unnecessary use of health care services; provided that the board shall consult with medical professionals to determine what shall be included as low risk health behaviors. Genetic factors and pre-existing medical conditions shall not be considered as a behavior when determining what shall constitute low risk behavior. The requirement of this subsection shall apply to every health benefits plan for active employees and supplemental health benefits plan for retired employees."
SECTION 3. The board of trustees of the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund, no later than July 1, 2012, shall commence preparation to implement section 87A-16(c), Hawaii Revised Statutes.
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2012.
Report Title:
Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund; Deductibles, Co-Payments
Description:
Requires, no later than January 1, 2014, the board of trustees of the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund to require every health benefits plan established or contracted to include lower deductibles and co-payments for non-tobacco smokers and other persons of low risk. Requires the board to consult with medical professionals to determine low risk behavior. Prohibits genetic factors and pre-existing conditions as being considered a behavior. Effective July 1, 2012. (HB1810 HD1)
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