RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE.
Summary
Prohibits all health insurers from requiring a medical treatment or service preauthorization that causes undue delay in the receipt of the treatment or service. Requires all health insurers to disclose the medical policies that the insurer uses for preauthorization decisions. (SB287 HD2)
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Apr 2018
Senate Passage
Mar 2017
House Passage
Apr 2018
Governor
Introduced Jan 20, 2017
Last action Apr 12, 2018
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
31
Key actions
7
Committee
11
Amendments
1
Apr 12, 2018
Introduced
Senate disagrees with House amendments.
upper
Apr 10, 2018
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 554).
upper
Apr 10, 2018
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Holt excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Apr 4, 2018
Lower · Passed
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, DeCoite, Gates, Keohokalole, Kobayashi, Lowen, Nakamura, Yamashita, Tupola, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Fukumoto, Holt, Todd.
lower
Jan 17, 2018
Committee
Re-referred to HHS, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 1
lower
Mar 24, 2017
Committee
Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Aquino, DeCoite, Har, Ichiyama, C. Lee, Thielen excused (6).
lower
Mar 24, 2017
Committee
Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1346) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to FIN.
lower
Mar 23, 2017
Lower · Passed
The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Takayama, Todd, Yamane; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Say; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Aquino, Ito, Fukumoto.
lower
Mar 16, 2017
Committee
Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1100), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
lower
Mar 14, 2017
Lower · Passed
The committees on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Kobayashi, Morikawa, Todd, Tupola; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Har, Oshiro.
lower
Mar 9, 2017
Committee
Referred to HLT, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 27
lower
Mar 7, 2017
Introduced
Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 114) in amended form (SD 1).
lower
Mar 7, 2017
Upper · Passed
Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
upper
Feb 27, 2017
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPH were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Nishihara, S. Chang, Espero, Ihara; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Kidani, Ruderman.
upper
Feb 17, 2017
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 02-27-17 9:30AM in conference room 229.
upper
Jan 23, 2017
Committee
Referred to CPH.
upper
Jan 20, 2017
Introduced
Introduced.
upper
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
CK
Clarence K. Nishihara
DDemocratic
P
Glenn Wakai
DDemocratic
P
JK
J. Kalani English
DDemocratic
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