Bill Text: HI HB2108 | 2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Health Care.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-06 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with Representative(s) Matsumoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Okimoto, Ward voting no (2) and Representative(s) Nakamura, Saiki, Yamashita excused (3). [HB2108 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-HB2108-Amended.html
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO HEALTH CARE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the cost of living in Hawaii continues to rise, and the cost of health care contributes to this high cost of living. The legislature further finds that Vermont enacted legislation establishing a single-payer health care system at the state level in 2011 but had abandoned the plan by 2014. Additionally, the California Assembly attempted to pass legislation for universal health care but was unable to because of the millions of taxpayer dollars required for such a program. A different approach must be taken to reduce the high costs of health care.
The legislature further finds that the human-induced global climate crisis requires thoughtful but bold response on many fronts to make Hawaii communities resilient to the impacts of climate change that threaten the very survivability of the State. Lest Hawaii lose its leadership position in meeting the future of labor, justice, and equity, the legislature embraces aloha ‘āina as a Green New Deal to decarbonize Hawaii's systems of food, energy, and transportation and sequester carbon through systems of agriculture, waste management and ecosystem restoration. This solid foundation finds synergies with expanded access to health care, housing and education, multiplying good jobs and ensuring justice and equity for Hawaii's citizens. This Act represents a forward step in mitigating and adapting Hawaii to inevitable change.
The purpose of this Act is to require the department of health in conjunction with the department of human services and insurance commissioner to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of establishing an all-payer health care pilot program in a county with a population greater than five hundred thousand.
SECTION 2. (a) The department of health, in conjunction with the department of human services and insurance commissioner, shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of establishing an all-payer health care pilot program in a county with a population greater than five hundred thousand. This study shall focus on private health care coverage, medicare coverage, and medicaid coverage. The study shall consider, among other issues:
(1) Any potential legal challenges posed by the pilot program; and
(2) The appropriateness of a medicaid section 1115 waiver.
(b) The department of health shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2021.
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
All-payer Healthcare; DOH; DHS; Insurance Commissioner; Study
Description:
Requires DOH, in conjunction with DHS and the insurance commissioner, to conduct a study determining the feasibility of establishing an all-payer health care pilot program in a county with a population greater than 500,000. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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