HB 2224 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO MEDICAID.

Summary

Repeals a provision in Act 4, Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2005, that prohibits the Department of Human Services from taking any action to remove pharmaceutical benefits management from managed care plans that provide health care coverage for Hawaii Medicaid beneficiaries. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 26, 2026 Last action Feb 18, 2026

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HB2224 → HB2224_HD1 · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill was updated to version HD1, which includes minor formatting corrections and a significant change to the effective date. The effective date was moved from 'upon approval' to a fixed date of July 1, 3000, likely a placeholder or drafting error intended to be updated later. Additionally, the bill title and section headers were capitalized for consistency.

Scope change

The scope of the bill remains focused on Medicaid pharmaceutical benefit management, but the timeline for when the law takes effect has been explicitly set to a future date.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from 'upon approval' to 'July 1, 3000'.

TECHNICAL

Minor formatting and capitalization updates were applied to the bill title and section headers.

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Committee

Feb 18, 2026

Committee

Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 376-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 12, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Olds, Amato, Hartsfield, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Takayama, Alcos, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Takenouchi.

lower

Jan 30, 2026

Committee

Referred to HSH, FIN, referral sheet 5

lower

Jan 28, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 26, 2026

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

12 primary · 0 co-sponsors