Bill Text: HI HB1964 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Insurance; Cancer treatment
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-04-24 - (S) Act 030, 4/20/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1130). [HB1964 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2012-HB1964-Amended.html
STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3151
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: H.B. No. 1964
H.D. 2
Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui
President of the Senate
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2012
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 1964, H.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to limit the out-of-pocket costs for cancer treatments under health insurance plans.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance, American Cancer Society, and Hawaii Medical Association. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Hawaii Medical Service Association.
The American Cancer Society estimates that one-quarter of all deaths in the country are due to cancer. Your Committee finds that although oral treatments are the standard care for many types of cancer, oral anti-cancer medications can have high copayments, coinsurance, and out-of-pocket costs. Your Committee further finds that cancer patients are sometimes forced to make their treatment choice based on cost rather than efficacy. This measure ensures that the costs associated with oral and intravenous chemotherapy procedures are affordable to cancer patients.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1964, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection,
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____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair |
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