Bill Text: HI SB1046 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating To Acupuncture.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-11-30 - Carried over to 2018 Regular Session. [SB1046 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2018-SB1046-Introduced.html

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

1046

TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO ACUPUNCTURE.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 431:10C-103.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:

     "(c)  Acupuncture treatments shall be allowed for no more than thirty visits at no more than [$75] $     a visit[.]; provided that this dollar amount shall increase by      per cent and be rounded up to the nearest dollar on July 1, 2018, and subsequently increase in the same manner on July 1 of every year thereafter."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2017.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Motor Vehicle Insurance; Personal Injury Protection Benefits; Acupuncture Treatments

 

Description:

Increases, to an unspecified amount, the authorized benefit for acupuncture treatments allowed under personal injury protection benefits provided through motor vehicle insurance.  Automatically increases the amount by an unspecified percentage on an annual basis.

 

 

 

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