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Measure Title: RELATING TO HEALTH CARE.
Report Title: DOH; HHSC; SHPDA; Auditor; Hospitals; Hospital Systems; Medicare Patients; Uninsured Patients; Reports; Rules; Financial Assistance
Description: Requires hospitals and hospital systems to submit annual certified reports regarding costs associated with Medicare and uninsured patients to the Department of Health, Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, and State Health Planning and Development Agency. Requires the Department of Health, Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, and State Health Planning and Development Agency to review the reports, establish standards and procedures, and adopt rules. Requires the Department of Health to consider the reports when determining the department's budget request and designate financial assistance requests in an equitable way. Requires the Office of the Auditor to conduct periodic audits of the financial assistance distributed to hospitals and hospital systems. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Package: None
Current Referral: HHS/CPN, WAM
Introducer(s): MATAYOSHI, AMATO, BELATTI, COCHRAN, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, KAPELA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, LOWEN, MARTEN, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA, TEMPLO
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Measure Status History

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DateChamberStatus Text
3/10/2026SReferred to HHS/CPN, WAM.
3/6/2026SPassed First Reading.
3/6/2026SReceived from House (Hse. Com. No. 114).
3/5/2026HPassed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Perruso excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
3/5/2026HReported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 844-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.
2/27/2026HThe committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Alcos; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Lee, M..
2/24/2026HBill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 02-27-26 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2/18/2026HPassed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
2/18/2026HReported from HLT/CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 475-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
2/11/2026HThe committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Marten, Tam; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Kong; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Lowen, Pierick.
2/11/2026HThe committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Hartsfield, Marten, Olds, Takenouchi; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Amato.
2/10/2026HRe-referred to HLT/CPC, FIN, referral sheet 9
2/8/2026HBill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Wednesday, 02-11-26 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2/8/2026HThis measure has been deleted from the meeting scheduled on Monday 02-09-26 2:00PM in conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2/6/2026HBill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Monday, 02-09-26 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2/2/2026HReferred to HLT, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 6
1/28/2026HIntroduced and Pass First Reading.

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All Versions of this Measure

HB2501_HD1 Link to HB2501_HD1 .PDF file
HB2501 Link to HB2501 .PDF file

Committee Reports

HB2501_HD1_HSCR475-26_ Link to committee report HB2501_HD1_HSCR475-26_ .PDF file
HB2501_HD1_HSCR844-26_ Link to committee report HB2501_HD1_HSCR844-26_ .PDF file

Testimony

HB2501_TESTIMONY_HLT-CPC_02-11-26_
HB2501_HD1_TESTIMONY_FIN_02-27-26_

Hearing Notices

HLT
2/11/26 2:00P
329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE
FIN
2/27/26 10:00A
308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE