RELATING TO INSURANCE.
Summary
Requires insurance coverage after December 31, 2018, for the costs of medically necessary transportation to the continental United States for medical treatment for qualifying patients. Requires the auditor to conduct a study to assess the social and financial impacts of mandating certain health insurers and plans to provide coverage for the costs of medically necessary transportation to the continental United States for medical treatment for qualifying patients. (HB687 HD2)
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 20, 2017
Last action Feb 16, 2018
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
2
Committee
8
Feb 16, 2018
Committee
Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite, Ing, Nakamura, Onishi, Woodson excused (5).
lower
Feb 16, 2018
Committee
Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 702-18) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
lower
Feb 14, 2018
Lower · Passed
The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama, Ito, Johanson, LoPresti, Mizuno, Say, Tokioka, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Aquino, Yamane.
lower
Feb 8, 2018
Committee
Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 183-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
lower
Feb 6, 2018
Lower · Passed
The committees on HHS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, Kobayashi, Belatti, Learmont, Tupola; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
lower
Jan 17, 2018
Committee
Re-referred to HHS, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 1
lower
Jan 30, 2017
Committee
Re-referred to HLT, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 7
lower
Jan 25, 2017
Committee
Referred to HLT, CPC, referral sheet 3
lower
Jan 20, 2017
Introduced
Pending introduction.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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