HB 556 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO COLORECTAL CANCER.

Summary

Requires and appropriates funds for the Department of Human Services to develop and implement a public assistance program offering state-funded colorectal screenings for certain persons. Requires coverage for all colorectal cancer screenings in the State to be consistent with the Affordable Care Act Implementation Frequently Asked Questions published by the United States Department of Labor, United States Department of Health and Human Services, and United States Department of the Treasury. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

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Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Feb 4, 2025

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HB556 → HB556_HD1 · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill was reformatted from a House of Representatives version to a House of Representatives Draft version (HD1) with several substantive changes. The most significant change is the effective date, which was moved from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 3000, likely as a placeholder. Eligibility criteria were modified to change 'medicare' to 'medicaid' in two instances, which may have been an error since colorectal cancer assistance typically targets those without Medicare coverage. The bill's description was updated to include 'Public Assistance' in the title and was clarified to note the 3000 effective date.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on state-funded colorectal cancer screenings for uninsured, underinsured, and non-citizen residents, but eligibility criteria were altered by replacing 'medicare' with 'medicaid' in two eligibility clauses, which could significantly change who qualifies for assistance.

TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 3000, which appears to be a placeholder date rather than an intentional change.

ELIGIBILITY

Two instances of 'medicare' in the eligibility criteria were changed to 'medicaid', which may have been an error since the program typically serves those ineligible for Medicare.

TECHNICAL

The bill header was updated from 'HB 556' to 'HB556 HD1' to reflect the House of Representatives Draft version.

The bill description was updated to include 'Public Assistance' in the title and to note the 3000 effective date.

Formatting and markup were cleaned up, with bracketed text removed and underscores added to indicate new statutory material.

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Committee

Feb 4, 2025

Committee

Reported from HLT/HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 71) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

lower

Jan 31, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Olds, Amato, Chun, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Takayama, Takenouchi, Alcos, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Jan 31, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Amato, Chun, Marten, Olds, Takenouchi, Alcos, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to HLT/HSH, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 2

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

16 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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