Bill Text: HI HCR71 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Human Papillomavirus Immunization; DOH; Indigents; Insurance

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-01 - (H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred. [HCR71 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2011-HCR71-Introduced.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.C.R. NO.	71
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO MAKE HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS IMMUNIZATION AVAILABLE TO INDIGENT PATIENTS AND THROUGH THE tEEN vax PROGRAM, AND URGING INSURERS TO OFFER coverage for HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS IMMUNIZATION TO FEMALE POLICYHOLDERS ELEVEN TO TWENTY-SIX YEARS OF AGE.

 

 

 

     WHEREAS, infection with sexually transmitted human papillomavirus is common in adult populations worldwide, and research suggests that up to seventy-five per cent of women will become infected with one or more of the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus types at some point during adulthood; and

 

     WHEREAS, although most genital human papillomavirus infections come and go without causing any symptoms, lingering infections with a small subset of high-risk human papillomavirus types can lead to the development of cervical cancer; and

 

     WHEREAS, the preventive human papillomavirus vaccines that are currently available target the two human papillomavirus types that are responsible for approximately seventy per cent of all cervical cancer.  These vaccines are designed to elicit virus-neutralizing antibody responses that prevent initial infection with the human papillomavirus types represented in the vaccine; and

 

     WHEREAS, vaccination has been shown to offer nearly one hundred per cent protection against the development of cervical pre-cancers and genital warts caused by the human papillomavirus types in the vaccine, with few or no side effects, and studies have indicated that the protective effects of these vaccines may last longer than five years; and

 

     WHEREAS, the development of human papillomavirus vaccines offer a previously unavailable source of protection against cervical cancer, one of the most common and deadly types of cancer; and

 

     WHEREAS, by making human papillomavirus vaccinations more widely available through public health programs and expanded insurance coverage, the overall health of Hawaii's population would be improved and the incidence of cervical cancer would be reduced; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-sixth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2011, the Senate concurring, that the Department of Health is requested to include human papillomavirus immunization among the services available to indigents and to others through its Teen Vax Program; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that insurers providing health coverage in the State are urged to offer coverage to females ages eleven through twenty-six years of age, not as an employer option or deductible, for immunization against human papillomavirus for the policyholder and individuals covered under the policy, contract, plan, or agreement; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Health and to the Insurance Commissioner, who in turn is requested to distribute copies to the chief executive officer of each insurer providing health coverage to policyholders or group members in the State.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

Human Papillomavirus Immunization; DOH; Indigents; Insurance