Hawaii Senate Bill 225 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 20 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-07 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
Pending: Senate Ways and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Requires health insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage beginning 1/1/2018 for medically necessary cognitive rehabilitation therapy for survivors of traumatic brain injury. Requires coverage for up to twenty years from the date the traumatic brain injury occurred and imposes a lifetime cap of $300,000 per person. Requests the auditor to update the 2004 auditor's report on cognitive rehabilitation and report back to the legislature. (SD1)

Relating To Health Coverage For Brain Injuries.

Sen. Rosalyn Baker [D]

Sen. Mike Gabbard [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-07	Senate	Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
2017-02-07	Senate	Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 59) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
2017-01-27	Senate	The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPH were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Nishihara, S. Chang, Espero, Ruderman; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara, Kidani.
2017-01-23	Senate	The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 01-27-17 9:30AM in conference room 229.
2017-01-20	Senate	Referred to CPH, WAM.
2017-01-20	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2017-01-20	Senate	Introduced.

SB225 (Carry Over) 2017-02-07 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
HB392 (Same As) 2017-01-23 - Referred to HLT, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 2

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=225&year=2017
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/SB225_.HTM
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/SB225_SD1_.HTM