STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3753

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 1624

H.D. 1

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1624, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to require certain insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for standard fertility preservation services for persons who may undergo a medically necessary treatment that may cause iatrogenic infertility.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Alliance for Fertility Preservation, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Association for Clinical Oncology, Fertility Institute of Hawaii, Hawaii Society of Clinical Oncology, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, and three individuals.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.

Your Committee finds that many medical treatments, including chemotherapy and radiation, may cause infertility in both men and women. Your Committee further finds that requiring insurance coverage for standard fertility preservation services for individuals undergoing these medical treatments will help to ensure that the medical treatments do not interfere with each affected individual's ability to have children.

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

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair