STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3295

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 2393

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 Health and Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 2393, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TITLE 24, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

(1) Require health insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to cover mandated services for mammography at least as favorably as coverage for other radiological examinations; and

(2) Provide amendments to external review procedures to improve consistency with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Uniform Health Carrier External Review Model Act.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Insurance Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Disability and Communication Access Board, and one individual.

Your Committee finds that cancer is the second leading cause of death in the State, with an average of 7,393 diagnoses of invasive cancer and 2,393 deaths annually. Many cancers have a greater chance of being successfully treated if detected early and promptly treated. Presently, breast cancer remains the most frequently diagnosed cancer among women. Mammograms are a key tool for the detection of breast cancer and are critical to the health of patients. Therefore, this measure ensures coverage for mandated services for mammography to expand coverage for all eligible individuals.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making it effective on July 1, 2025.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health and Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2393, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2393, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health and Human Services,

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JOY A. SAN BUENAVENTURA, Chair