Bill Text: HI HCR68 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Mental Health Parity; Working Group

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-04-02 - (H) Re-referred to HLT, FIN, referral sheet 58 [HCR68 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-HCR68-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1373-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   H.C.R. No. 68

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 68 entitled:

 

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE CONVENING OF A WORKING GROUP TO DETERMINE STATE COMPLIANCE WITH THE FEDERAL PAUL WELLSTONE AND PETE DOMENICI MENTAL HEALTH PARITY AND ADDICTION EQUITY ACT OF 2008 AND ENHANCE EXISTING STATE PARITY LAWS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of Health to convene a working group to determine State compliance with the federal Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 and enhance existing State parity laws.

 

     The Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 is a federal law that establishes requirements to make insurance coverage for mental health conditions and substance use disorders comparable to insurance coverage for other medical conditions.

 

     Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition and United Self Help testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Health testified in support of the intent of this measure, provided that implementation of the measure does not impact or replace its priorities in the Executive Supplemental Budget for Fiscal Year 2012-2013.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 68 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

 

 

		____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair