REPORT TITLE:
Insurance exemption


DESCRIPTION:
Exempts health insurance offered under federally funded programs
by insurers, mutual benefit societies, health maintenance
organizations, and managed care plans from mandated coverage
requirements.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           528
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE.  
 


BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Chapter 431:10A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated
 
 3 and to read as follows:
 
 4      "§431:10A-     Federally funded programs; exemption.
 
 5 Requirements relating to mandated coverages shall not be
 
 6 applicable to any insurer offering health insurance under a
 
 7 federally funded program; provided that this exemption shall
 
 8 apply only to that part of the insurer's business under the
 
 9 federally funded program."
 
10      SECTION 2.  Chapter 432:1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
11 amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated
 
12 and to read as follows:
 
13      "§432:1-     Federally funded programs; exemption.
 
14 Requirements relating to mandated coverages shall not be
 
15 applicable to any mutual benefit society offering health
 
16 insurance under a federally funded program; provided that this
 
17 exemption shall apply only to that part of the mutual benefit
 
18 society's business under the federally funded program."
 

 
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 1      SECTION 3.  Chapter 432D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated
 
 3 and to read as follows:
 
 4      "§432D-     Federally funded programs; exemption.
 
 5 Requirements relating to mandated coverages shall not be
 
 6 applicable to any health maintenance organization offering health
 
 7 insurance under a federally funded program; provided that this
 
 8 exemption shall apply only to that part of the health maintenance
 
 9 organization's business under the federally funded program."
 
10      SECTION 4.  Chapter 432E, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
11 amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated
 
12 and to read as follows:
 
13      "§432E-     Federally funded programs; exemption.
 
14 Requirements under this chapter shall not be applicable to any
 
15 managed care plan under a federally funded program; provided that
 
16 this exemption shall apply only to that part of the managed care
 
17 plan's business under the federally funded program."
 
18      SECTION 5.  New statutory material is underscored.
 
19      SECTION 6.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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21                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________