STAND. COM. REP. NO. 933-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 1624

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1624, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for standard fertility preservation services for policies, contracts, plans, and agreements issued or renewed after December 31, 2024.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network; American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists – Hawaiʻi Section; Hawaii Society of Clinical Oncology; Association for Clinical Oncology; Alliance for Fertility Preservation; Advanced Reproductive Medicine & Gynecology of Hawaii, Inc. dba Fertility Institute of Hawaii; Leukemia & Lymphoma Society; and five individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs; Kaiser Permanente Hawaiʻi; Hawaii Association of Health Plans; and Hawaii Medical Service Association.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1624, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair